Oakland already has played its Week 16 game, and Cooper did not have the same type of performance in the Raiders’ 23-20 victory over the San Diego Chargers on Thursday night that he did against Green Bay. Do they raise a glass to toast the impending retirement of future Hall of Famer Charles Woodson? “You guys welcomed me back with open arms as if I never left”.
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“This team is going to get so much better really soon”, Woodson said.
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Woodson addressed the crowd after the game, telling supporters, “though it was my last game in the Coliseum, know that I will never leave you”.
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And it was about the Raiders fighting through every bit of that and defeating San Diego 23-20 in overtime at the Coliseum.
The Oakland Raiders certainly got pumped up with the emotional speech that Charles Woodson gave before they played their final home game against the San Diego Chargers.
Both offenses sputtered: the Chargers were 5-of-17 on third and fourth down, while the Raiders finished at 4-of-15. Oakland had to settled for the Janikowski field goal, and the defense made it hold up. When the offense hit a wall, punter Marquette King (8 punts, 50.0 average, long of 65 yards, 6 inside the 20-yard line) made sure the Bolts had to work in order to try and get on the board. And then it did. Smith stripped Chargers tight end David Johnson, which allowed Mayowa to secure the fumble recovery.
Carr shook off a bad night to throw a dime, a 3-yard pass to Crabtree perfectly placed over the defender. They went for the two-point conversion to take a 3-point lead at 20-17. “I will be able to tell people that I was a part of Charles Woodson’s last home game, and we won”.
(AP Photo/Tony Avelar). Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr (4) passes against the San Diego Chargers during the first half of an NFL football game in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015. The run/pass choice for Woodson might have given the Raiders a touchdown still resulted in a lack of yards instead.it was his 1st National Football League carry. By the way, that was Brown’s first touchdown run of the year and also his first touchdown run since December 29, 2013 when he was a member of the Indianapolis Colts.
What Happened: This was quite possibly the Raiders’ final game in Oakland (there have been plenty of rumors about moving to the L.A. area in the off-season).
The Raiders had trimmed the deficit to five in the third quarter thanks to the defense as well. Rivers was sacked in the end zone for a safety, the only score of the period. He interrupted to start chants of “Raaaaaiders” and “Oaaaakland”, as well as once again call his pops the best player in the NFL. After throwing two first-quarter interceptions that led to touchdowns last week, his first pass Thursday was picked off.
The Chargers lost their seventh straight division game. The only “first down” gained by the Raiders in the entire second half was Carr’s touchdown pass to Michael Crabtree. Latavius Murray capped it off with a 22-yard touchdown run.
Dontrelle Inman got it going in the second quarter, logging a 7-yard TD catch from Philip Rivers.
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The Chargers tied it on Josh Lambo’s 47-yard field goal with 55 seconds to play.
