Being at 6-5, we have a long road ahead of us, but we took a step in the right direction today.”Īfter three listless offensive performances, the Raiders came alive with 509 yards of offense, including 143 yards rushing, 137 yards on eight catches from Renfrow, three catches for 102 yards from DeSean Jackson and five field goals from Carlson.Īt the helm of it all was Carr, who broke out of a mini-slump with 373 yards and a touchdown while avoiding the turnover bug he had been plagued by recently. To beat a good Cowboys team on Thanksgiving in prime time, it gives us a lot of confidence. “You know, 5-6 is a whole lot worse than 6-5.
“You don’t want to say it’s a must win, but I think we felt it a little bit,” Renfrow said. Which is a lot more than they could have said four days earlier after losing to the Cincinnati Bengals, which dropped them to third place in the AFC West and on the outside looking in at the wild-card chase. “We’re right there, with a chance and an opportunity,” quarterback Derek Carr said. Just like that, the weight of the world the Raiders had been playing under the past few weeks had been lifted.īy the time Daniel Carlson’s 29-yard field goal split the uprights in overtime to beat the Cowboys 36-33, the Raiders had exorcised some major demons and propped themselves back up in the AFC playoff race.
“Let’s just go have fun today” is how wide receiver Hunter Renfrow put it. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Texas - Reeling from a three-game losing streak that put them on the brink of another second-half swoon, the Raiders arrived in Texas on Thursday to play the Dallas Cowboys.īut first, they made a pledge to themselves. 25, 2021, at AT&T Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. In the first half during an NFL football game on Thursday, Nov.
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