While the Las Vegas Raiders suffered another disappointing loss in their 20-15 Week 7 defeat against the Los Angeles Rams, the Raiders’ defense played well and got key contributions from several players. One in particular who stood out was cornerback Nate Hobbs as he had arguably his best performance of the season.
Hobbs finished with a 79.9 defensive grade from Pro Football Focus, which was the third-best on the team and ranked ninth (pre-Monday Night Football) among all cornerbacks for the week. A big reason for that is he yielded just 12 yards on three targets (two catches) and had his first interception of the campaign to earn an 83.4 mark in coverage, the latter also ranking ninth at his position.
Perhaps even more impressively, the fourth-year pro ended a streak of four consecutive games with a missed tackle and logged four ‘defensive stops’ which is tied for the second-most among corners…