I don’t understand Oakland’s offense. On the one hand, the team was terrible and the offense was terrible; on that, everyone is in agreement. So how was it that the Raiders, at least statistically, had the best red-zone offense in the league last year. Seriously.

Check the numbers.

The Raiders got the ball into the red zone only 29 times last year, the fewest in the league (like I said, they were terrible). But they scored touchdowns on 21 of those 29 possessions, which is remarkably good.

Scoring touchdowns on over 70 percent of drives in the red zone isn’t easy. The Raiders were the only team to do it in 2014. The previous year, only two teams made it over 70 percent (Denver and Cincinnati).

SCORING IN THE RED ZONE
RkTeamPossTDPct
1.Oakland292172.4%
2.Dallas513364.7%
3.Chicago473063.8%
4.Denver623962.9%
5.Atlanta442761.4%
6.New Orleans653960.0%
7.New York Giants613659.0%
8.Kansas City482858.3%
9.New England673958.2%
10.Green Bay643757.8%
11.Cincinnati492857.1%
12.Indianapolis603355.0%
13.Houston482654.2%
14.San Diego482654.2%
15.Minnesota392153.8%
16.Tampa Bay392153.8%
17.Detroit472553.2%
18.Pittsburgh552952.7%
19.Baltimore633352.4%
20.Seattle603151.7%
21.Miami683551.5%
22.St. Louis442250.0%
23.Philadelphia592949.2%
24.Cleveland492449.0%
25.Tennessee391948.7%
26.Washington482347.9%
27.Carolina472246.8%
28.San Francisco441943.2%
29.Buffalo512243.1%
30.Arizona381642.1%
31.Jacksonville321340.6%
32.New York Jets471736.2%

—Ian Allan