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Unsung heroes



A bit late to the post London celebrations but given the timezone I'm in ie. 12 hours ahead of ET, catching a live telecast of the game involved a bit more sacrifice. Telecast started at 1 am MONDAY morning and ended around 4 plus and c'mon, how is any Raider fan going to sleep after a game like that right? So straight to work 2 hours after the game ended but staggering around for the next 2 days at work like a delirious zombie was well worth it.

So this post is about something not many here have remarked on but that fake punt that kept the game winning drive alive?

Anybody noticed that it was the guys on special teams that was blocking. Thinking about it, trying to fool the Bears, we had like what 2 or 3 TEs , RBs, LBs and DBs in a regular punt protection but the Bears weren't fooled and had their first team defense.

Imagine our smaller guys like Carrier, Morrow, Sieg, Wilbur, Riley trying to get a push against Mack, Floyd, DTs, Trevathian and Roquan Smith. Their defense was READY for the fake but our ST guys still got the necessary yards.

A shout out to those guys is due. Knock on wood if you're with me!!!