RENFROW: I’LL HELP RAIDERS RAM LONDON
HUNTER RENFROW has already had his first taste of Champions
League football and followed in Tiger Woods’ footsteps this week.
Now he wants to leave his own mark on
London by firing
Oakland to victory over
Chicago at the
Tottenham Hotspur
Stadium tonight after a week of firsts.
“I played the golf course here [at The
Grove],” said the wide receiver, from golfing nirvana Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina. “I heard
Tiger Woods (inset) has the course record, so that was cool.
“I went to the
Tottenham game
[vs Bayern
Munich]. That was a fun experience.
Everybody cheering the whole game.
“It’s great being able to see things like the
Eye. I’ve never been to
London, really never been out of the country so it’s a whole new world for me.”
The Champions
League experience in the stadium he will grace tonight will live long in the memory of the 23-year-old rookie.
He said: “Tottenham went up 1-0 and it was amazing, just the energy of it all was fantastic. I was asking
NFL ON TV THIS WEEK
Tonight – Chicago @ Oakland, Sky Sports Action, 5pm (Highlights, BBC1, 11.45pm). Green Bay @ Dallas, Sky Sports Main Event, 9.05pm. Indianapolis @ Kansas City, Sky Sports Main Event, 1.10am.
Monday/Tuesday – Cleveland @ San Francisco, Sky Sports Main Event, 1am.
Thursday/Friday – NY Giants @ New England, Sky Sports Main Event, 1am.
Tuesday – The NFL Show, BBC2, 11.15pm. the people around me what’s the difference between American football and football over here. They said they don’t like American football because it stops and goes and stops, whereas over here it’s just on and on and on. It’s a lot of fun and it was exciting.”
Now the youngster has to focus on the business of the trip as the Raiders try to beat the Bears and make it three wins out of five this season, against a defence with few weak spots, said Renfrow.
“There’s not many.
It’s tough. But for us, if we’re going to be successful, we have to focus on what we can control.
“It doesn’t matter who we play. We have to let coaches coach and we have to go out and execute the plays and beat the guy in front of us.”
Team-mate Josh Jacobs is another Raiders rookie already making his mark in the NFL just four games into his pro career. And he too can’t wait to measure himself against such a talented defence as Chicago’s.
“I’m looking forward to the challenge,” said the 21-year-old running back.