Derek Carr connected with Seth Roberts for a 10-yard touchdown with 47 seconds left.
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In his last eight games against the Raiders, dating back to his San Diego Chargers days, Brees has thrown for 1,890 yards and 20 touchdowns with no interceptions, though yes he did have an early fumble that set up Oakland’s opening field goal.
After the Raiders took their late lead, they still had to sweat out rookie kicker Wil Lutz’s last-second field goal attempt from 61 yards, which narrowly missed wide left. He completed 28 of 42 passes for 423 yards and four touchdowns and is now tied with Peyton Manning surpassing 400 yards passing in a game for the 14th time in his career.
Josh Shaw sealed the victory with an interception of Ryan Fitzpatrick in the closing seconds, helping Cincinnati improve to 7-7 in openers under coach Marvin Lewis.
That’s a big blow, considering that Breaux has established himself as one of New Orleans’ top defensive players and since the Saints are extremely thin on experience behind him. He drove his team downfield for his first and only touchdown pass in the game and followed with a two-point conversion. That good feeling turned sour in the fourth quarter.
The Vikings wound up forcing three turnovers in the span of just under seven minutes and also had two sacks.
Hill left today’s game in the first half and did not return. And to score a touchdown.
Rodgers looked every bit like, well, a two-time league MVP. “You’ve got to have trust in your players to do that, because the trust in your players gives you the guts to do that”.
“You couldn’t even describe what was going through my body”, said Cruz, who had four catches for 34 yards. He was sacked once for no yards and didn’t turn it over.
QB PROFICIENCY: The Saints needn’t worry about the 37-year-old Brees’ age and the Raiders can be confident that Carr continues to develop into one of the NFL’s best as he enters his prime. He’d suffered through 14 Raiders penalties for an insane 141 yards.
Brees’ 98-yard touchdown pass to Brandin Cooks was a Saints franchise record.
Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott tried to lead the Cowboys to a come-from-behind victory, but saw their comeback bid against the Giants.
The Giants (1-0) won the debut of coach Ben McAdoo after 12 years and two Super Bowl titles under Tom Coughlin while spoiling the first game for Dallas’ Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott.
The Raiders did move the ball up and down the field at a rapid pace in the fourth, netting 22 points, and having the defense looking for answers.
Prater missed an extra point wide right with 4:04 left in the season opener, a miscue that almost cost the Lions.
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So, while statistics and probabilities are great, so too is the late Al Davis’s motto of “Just win, baby”.
