A recap, therefore, which would have seen the Silver and Black wheels disappear completely in recent memory.
The second half began with the Raiders, already leading 13-10, driving to the Kansas City 23-yard line, where Matt Gay kicked a 41-yard field goal. But because the Chiefs were flagged for an illegal formation, it set up that fateful 4th and 2 and Kubiak played and took the points off the board.
You’re not going to beat the Chiefs by trading field goals for touchdowns, are you? So the Raiders went for it and Kirk Cousins missed a pass to Ashton Jeanty.
A dizzying series of events in the fourth quarter rocked Allegiant Stadium.
With the Raiders leading, 19-17, with 3:35 left and the Chiefs facing 3rd-and-5 from their own 40, Patrick Mahomes’ bomb to Tyquan Thornton was true and brought the Chiefs to the Raiders’ 5-yard line. An unnecessary rough on Quay Walker for his hit on Mahomes moved the Chiefs to the 2-yard line and an untouched Kenneth Walker scored.
The Raiders held on on the two-point conversion attempt and things were looking up as they still had two timeouts and the 2-minute warning remaining as they trailed, 23-19.
Alas…Dareke Young fumbled on the ensuing kickoff, the Chiefs recovered and scored one play later and suddenly the Chiefs were leading by 11 with just over 3 minutes left.
“We’re going to play until the clock hits zero,” said running back Ashton Jeanty, who rushed for 58 yards on 15 carries.
Indeed, Cousins hit Brock Bowers for a 20-yard TD pass with 1:46 left and the successful two-point conversion brought the Raiders within…three points.
In fact, the Raiders had the ball at midfield with time running out, Cousins getting it back when his throw wobbled on a hit.
“We will fight and find a way to try to win,” Jeanty insisted. “We weren’t successful today but we’re going to watch the film, put it all together and come back and attack next week.”
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