Raiders Win Ugly in Possible Last Game in Oakland but Future Looks Bright

December 25, 2015   ·   Gary Davenport   ·   Jump to comments

The future looks bright for the Raiders.
Notice I did not say the Oakland Raiders. Because for all we know, there won't be an Oakland Raiders at this point in a year.
But for the franchise—wherever it plays—Thursday's 23-20 overtime win against the San Diego Chargers was a harbinger of better things. A sign.
A sign the team's days as an AFC West punching bag are done.
Mind you, it certainly wasn't a sparkly Christmas Eve victory:
Actually, Nick, that would be Festivus.
This game was the encapsulation of all things Thursday Night Football. The Oakland offense went MIA for much of the second half. Then Derek Carr's three-yard touchdown pass and two-point conversion gave the Raiders a 20-17 lead:
But thanks to that turnover-inspired "drive" and a nice drive to start OT—which had its share of naughty too in the form of five Oakland penalties—the Silver and Black gutted out an ugly victory. It was exactly the sort of game good teams...

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