For the Raiders’ fourth touchdown of the day, it wasn’t running backs Marshawn Lynch, Jalen Richard, or DeAndré Washington who rushed for paydirt, it was a wide receiver who took the handoff. This touchdown in particular showed the fact that Patterson can do it all, and make you pay for it, from a variety of positions on the football field.

“When [Offensive Coordinator] Todd [Downing] called in the play, I was just excited because you know we been talking about it all week,” Patterson said when asked about his touchdown Sunday. “You know we worked on it all week. They said we could get a touchdown and that’s what we did. We executed. It starts in practice and to come in here just feeling it out and it felt good to get in the end zone for the first time.”

In an offense with so many versatile weapons, Offensive Coordinator Todd Downing has a plethora of players he can feature on any given day. While the group has been successful thus far – the Raiders are currently fourth overall in offensive yards per game (384.5) and fifth in rushing yards per game (144.5) – one of the challenges is finding a way to spread the ball around.

“I was just thinking on the sideline, oh my god, we have so many weapons,” Patterson said yesterday when asked about the offense. “Sky is the limit for these guys, for us, and being part of this organization it’s amazing. I’m glad I’m here, it feels good and you know there is weapons all around the board.”

To some this might be difficult, but when you have a player like Patterson, who’s able to do a variety of things, he makes it easy.

“I think he’s an exciting football player,” Head Coach Jack Del Rio said postgame. “That was an example of some of the things we think we can do with him… He covers punts. He’s the gunner… He’s like a Swiss army knife.”