Captain Kirk Cousins leads Las Vegas Raiders to first 2-0 start in 5 years with win over Los Angeles Chargers
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Despite winning the season opener, Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins faced some criticism heading into the Week 2 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers. However, he silenced a lot of doubters (including myself) by completing 19 of 29 passes (65.5%) for 253 yards and three touchdowns (one interception), leading the Raiders to a 26-14 victory and their first 2-0 start since 2021.
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One of the criticisms of Cousins in Week 1 was his inability to push the ball down the field. This time around, he connected on a handful of intermediate to deep passes, including a 40-yard score to wide receiver Tre Tucker for Las Vegas’ first touchdown of the afternoon. Tucker also had a strong performance, recording the second 100-yard game of his career with a team-leading five catches for 119 yards and the touchdown.
Additionally, Captain Kirk did an excellent job of handling pressure. Vegas’ offensive line had a rough showing, giving up a pair of sacks and 10 quarterback hits. But Cousins kept getting up to lead the team to back-to-back double-digit victories, drawing plenty of praise on the internet.
Cousins’ deep shot to Tucker:
Kirk Cousins with a rocket to Tre Tucker for a Raiders TD 🚀
— NFL (@NFL) September 20, 2026
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Best throw Cousins had of the game:
Kirk Cousins airing it out to Tre Tucker for a big gain!
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"I'm really impressed with the Raiders. Fernando Mendoza … that thing is now put to the back burner."@PriscoCBS believes Kirk Cousins is the guy moving forward. 👀#NFLPostgamepic.twitter.com/OH83iX9gjQ
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) September 20, 2026
Kirk Cousins vs Chargers:
— StatMuse (@statmuse) September 20, 2026
19-29
253 YDS
3 TD
Fourth among active QBs in games with 3+ TD. pic.twitter.com/Ll2NNzKVNj
"I thought the Chargers' defense made it hard all game long. Our defense kept giving us the ball back."
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) September 20, 2026
Kirk Cousins on his 253 yard & 3 TD game | @AJRoss_TVpic.twitter.com/7XrLf09DJn
Feelin' damn good… Kirk hit even if when running game didn't… and now no matter what happens in NO… Raiders host the Chiefs for 1st place in the AFC west in week 4… this was not on my bingo card.
— 209 Raiders Fan (@209raiderfan77) September 20, 2026
Is Cousins just a winner?
Kirk Cousins has won his last six starts, going back to his 4-0 finish with the Falcons last year.
— Joe Patrick (@JoePatrick) September 21, 2026
Humble in victory#RaiderNationpic.twitter.com/mzFPZaBVzY
— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) September 20, 2026
I certainly didn’t have the Raiders starting 2-0, but here we are. Happy to be wrong!
Any given Sunday pic.twitter.com/FN6B1ePnOa
— PFF (@PFF) September 20, 2026
The Raiders are 2-0 pic.twitter.com/3evEeiY75B
— Pardon My Take (@PardonMyTake) September 20, 2026
Raiders & Klint Kubiak deserve ALOT of praise…just unbelievable https://t.co/5dsO6bx6TN
— Chase Daniel (@ChaseDaniel) September 21, 2026
Are the Chargers toast? Starting 0-2 with their schedule, it’s looking like it.
The Chargers are now 0-2.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) September 20, 2026
Their next 7 games are:
At Bills
At Seahawks
Vs Broncos
At Chiefs
At Rams
Vs Texans
At Ravens
They legit starting 0-9 all their next 7 against playoff teams 😂
— Raider Jatt (@RaiderJatt7) September 20, 2026
me to my preseason Chargers offense takes pic.twitter.com/ZDuYyTtYAG
— Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) September 20, 2026
AI is telling me the Chargers are the first team to ever start 0-2 by losing to two teams that drafted in the top-3 the year prior
— Mike Renner (@mikerenner_) September 20, 2026
Getting Harbaugh fired… (eventually)
— ledtear ن (@ledtear) September 20, 2026
— King Fiasco (@LJthaFiasc0) September 20, 2026
A few thoughts from our community chat (click the links/quotes below to join the conversation):
- Just saying – WINNING CURES ALL — radrntn
- I’m gonna repeat how happy I am with the win. I’m fing ecstatic! I just hope Stukes is ok. We saw the change when he was out. That kid might be better than I thought. I pushed for him but I think he’s better than I thought, or even his most ardent supporters. Jeanty looked a little banged up at the end of the game. I kinda hated our OL in the 2nd half. They looked exhausted. They tried to suck it up, but man, they started looking like last year. Even Linderbaum. Our nickle DL looks terrible (even base DL). We’re gonna have issues. But let’s not go there right now. I’m still pumped that we pummeled the Chargers. Yup, we dominated them. I’m impressed. Now let’s do it again next week. — 17 Bob Trey 0
- Bills, Bengals and Raiders sit at 2-0… — CC-Raider
- Week 1: 5 sacks 11 QB hits (3 from IDL), week 2 3 sacks 9 QB hits (2 from IDL). Run game was great in W1 (ran it enough and great in production), W2, not great production but ran it enough with 29 passes and 29 runs which keeps some heat off Kirk with defense defending both and short pass game was working! Grind it out Raiders! It works for NFL football even when not perfect and Kirk is a VET who knows what he’s doing. — Njccc
- I’ll take it! Nakobe Dean saved our ass again! That was a gritty win despite all the problems with Jeanty finding room to run and dropping key first down passes, and our D looking shaky for a lot of of the game. A receiver coming up from the practice squad and making two touchdown catches has to be a record – and one of them was spectacular! A “Just Win Baby” win for sure!! — RaiderTedll
- Big props to Tucker, he showed out and big props to Kirko Chainz for making every right decision and I should apologize about thinking his arm was dead, hes got plenty of arm left. — LBRaider1
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