Desperately hoping for a better showing

Talk of must-win games this time of year is ridiculous. But the Raiders are clearly faced with a must-show-up and must-not-get-blown-out situation Sunday, after an awful season-opening loss to the Bengals.

Like last week’s, this game against the Ravens is also at O.co Coliseum, giving the Raiders a chance to get the Jack Del Rio era off to a good start. The last time Oakland hosted the first two games of the season was in 1969.

“There’s definitely a sense of urgency,” long snapper Jon Condo said. “The coaches and players after the game last week felt bad that we put out a

When: 1:05 p.m. TV/Radio: 5#z / 98.5, 102.1 Spotlight on: WR Amari Cooper: The rookie had five receptions in his debut, and got a real taste of how physical the NFL is last week. Adam Jones and the rest of the Bengals secondary took plenty of shots at Cooper, and the Ravens will probably challenge him in a similar fashion. The Raiders’ offense needs big plays from Cooper and Michael Crabtree to have any chance to win. Injuries: Raiders: DT Justin Ellis (ankle), DE Benson Mayowa (knee) and FB Jamize Olawale (ankle) are out; S Charles Woodson (shoulder) is questionable. Ravens: T Eugene Monroe (head) is out; CB Rashaan Melvin (thigh) is questionable.

THE BIG 3

Sunday marks first time since October 1998 that the Ravens will line up without Ray Lewis, Ed Reed or Terrell Suggs. Suggs tore his Achilles tendon last week.

Baltimore outscored Oakland 133-49 in the past four meetings.

The Raiders converted both red-zone trips into touchdowns last week. They led the NFL last year by scoring TDs on 72.4 percent of red-zone trips.