Last night the Oakland Raiders leaped out to a two TD lead on the Kansas City Chiefs, who were in between important games on a Thursday night in a mudpit in a stadium that only vaguely resembles an NFL facility. Eventually, Alex Smith led the Chiefs back, and by the fourth quarter had not only tied the game at 17 but moved ahead of the 0-10 Raiders, 20-17.
Should be lights out, right?
To their credit, the Raiders and Fresno St product Derek Carr went on a lengthy, game-defining drive that will rank as the highlight of the season if the rest goes the way it has been: eighteen plays, 80 yards, seven and one-half minutes, capped off by Carr's only touchdown pass of the night to put the Raiders safely ahead, 24-20, with under two minutes to go.
Yeah, but still...I mean, it's the Raiders, man! The Chiefs came back, right?
Well, they tried to. Smith led an, um, interesting drive which included a fourth down conversion attempt that failed...except that Oakland committed not one, not two, but three penalties on the game-winning play that prevented it from being the game-winning penalty.
They also had one of the most comical sacks in the history of football. The video of that, along with some fantastic writing and analysis from Bill Barnwell of Grantland, is in the link contained here. (Enjoy!) But yes, the Raiders won their first game in 52 1/2 weeks (short work week prevented 53!), outscoring the Chiefs 24-20 in Oakland last night.
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