On a night that saw the stadium packed with congratulatory signs for Woodson, the Raiders did their part by defeating San Diego 23-20 in overtime.
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That was the prevailing feeling.
Oh well. These Panthers are like the 2011 49ers-they smother bad teams and the Falcons are a bad team.
John Rena was born in Oakland nearly 60 years ago. The Raiders previously defeated them, 37-29, in Qualcomm Stadium.
“We’ve been coming here for 20 years”, he said as he stood in the Coliseum parking lot. “I appreciate the loyalty of the fans and how in spite of anything Oakland’s been through, they’ve always been there to support us, so I think that’s something as a player you can appreciate”.
Still, Rena and his friend, Eric Heun, had just been discussing contingency plans.
Fans in San Diego expressed sadness that a team would consider leaving after 55 years in the market, and shared an emotional farewell with their star players.
The Raiders were in L.A. for 14 years. The big crowd on hand was also ready to bid farewell to one of the greatest Raiders of all time, Charles Woodson, who was playing his final home game before retiring. Carr tops Rivers in touchdowns (30 to 26) while throwing fewer interceptions (12 to 11). The play was overturned on replay review.
The Chargers took a 53-yard field goal off the scoreboard when an Oakland penalty gave their drive new life. “That’s the way our season has gone”.
The Chargers got the ball back at their own 10 on their next possession. Malcolm Smith forced a fumble Mayowa returned 40 yards to set up Crabtree’s score. Instead of relaxing, the Raiders put on the pressure in the next period as they scored 20 points while only allowing three from the Chargers to extend their lead at the half.
The Chargers drove to tie the game on Josh Lambo’s 45-yard field goal. But the return stay has not been almost as successful as the first tenure when the Raiders won two Super Bowls and were one of the league’s top teams.
Even though Denzel Perryman’s foolish spearing of Oakland’s Seth Roberts, which gave Oakland a first down they never would have earned, on the opening drive of overtime, it was impossible to blame the defense for this loss.
It wasn’t pretty. Sloppy play, mounting injuries and flags everywhere made for a somewhat ugly football game on Thursday night.
As Woodson cried, so mentally devastated that he wasn’t available to suit up, his empowered halftime speech of “Y’all know how much I wanted this…” lives on.
It was Ducre covering Michael Crabtree on two third-down conversions in overtime. The Raiders play at Kansas City that day.
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The public address announcer’s final words to fans Thursday were, “Thank you for being the best fans in all of sports”. “They’re just itching for the team to be relevant again and get back to the playoffs”, Woodson said. San Diego will keep it close, but having more balance on offense will help Carr trump Rivers for the second time this season.
