Green lasers distract players at festive game in Mexico City
Before the game, Mexico City’s altitude of 7,380 feet above sea level played was a cause for concern for both teams, who arrived a day earlier to avoid the effects as recommended by the NFL Mexico office.
“We spent a lot of time in the offseason going through how we’re going to work the team and forecasting things that are coming, so it’s not like we’re just trying to decide today what we’re going to do”. All picked Oakland to win and they did.
His 68-yard catch and run set up a field goal in an overtime win at Tampa Bay last month, then he helped wake up a stalled offense with his big play against the Texans.
It’s clear from that GIF that Hopkins doesn’t step out of bounds at that moment.
The Texans played some inspired defense, including a pair of goal-line stands where Clowney and the front seven kept the Raiders out of the end zone. “There were a couple times it definitely hit me in the eye”. It definitely looks like he is out though.
“I just care about the Raiders”, said the 43-year-old electrician whose family moved from Mexico to the United States when he was a baby, though he used an expletive against Trump under his silver and black sombrero. If the refs allow the play to continue without the whistle they automatically would have reviewed it and it would have allowed a more informed decision on the play.
“Our team has really taken the mantra of ‘next man up, ‘ and that’s what it’s going to have to be with John because he’ll be out for a bit”, Texans coach Bill O’Brien said. The 3rd down run of Miller was not challenged but the Hunt run was, however the officials did not come out on the Texans side. Like, credit card slim short.
I’ve seen plenty of bad calls in my time, and I won’t discredit the Raiders here either.
The crowd of 76,743 people mostly supporting the Raiders burst into joy at the end of the second regular season game played in Mexico in the history of the NFL.
The Raiders gave Olawale a three-year extension last December and he became the unquestioned starter when Reece was suspended late last season for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs.
The Oakland Raiders and the Houston Texans went head to head on Monday night in Mexico City, where fans were heard shouting homophobic slurs during the game. Oakland picked Carr in Round 2 after selecting pass-rushing demon Khalil Mack in the first round. The Texans made plenty of errors on their own in this one, but the officials are largely at fault for some major momentum shifting plays that would have otherwise given the Texans a lead, or a pretty good shot of closing the game down late.
There was concern that Mexican fans could boo the US national anthem because of the political tension since Donald Trump was elected president, but they didn’t.