Oakland wins in Mexico City NFL game
“In this game, unusual things happen but you just have to keep pushing”. Texans running back Lamar Miller was also hit with the laser while he carried the football.
The MNF broadcast crew said stadium security was looking for whoever had the laser pointer, but there was no update on whether the culprit was identified.
The Texans decided not to challenge the ruling on the field and elected to take their chances on fourth down. Akeem Hunt ran up the middle and the Texans thought he got the first down, only to have it marked about an inch short.
The challenge was denied, and by the time Houston got the ball back it trailed by a TD.
“We felt like that was the momentum shifter”, Cooper said.
“I’m not going to stand here and get fined”, O’Brien said.
The more confounding issue came deep into the fourth quarter, just before what would be the game-winning score from Cooper.
Almost 80,000 fans came to see the Raiders defeat the Houston Texans in a 27-20 win Monday night in what felt like a Raiders home game.
Carr woke up a struggling offense by throwing two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter as the Raiders capped a successful trip to Mexico with a 27-20 victory over the Houston Texans on Monday night. But officials ruled he stepped out at the Oakland 36 after a gain of 24. His performance wasn’t enough to net the Texans a win, but all things considered it was one of his better games of the season.
According to Raiders defensive tackle, Justin Ellis said, “We got things on, I’d rather not say” he added, “That’s how it be”. The game had everything from laser pointers to a 75-yard fullback touchdown, but despite that, this one will be most remembered for its bad officiating.
“Right there, that’s a four-minute situation, situational football”, Murray said Wednesday. “So I think that was certainly disappointing”.
The win moves the Raiders to the top of the AFC West, with a full game advantage over the Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs, and the Silver and Black have a real chance of ending the NFL’s second-longest playoff drought of 14 years.
Brock Osweiler threw 243 yards for Texans, who blew a 17-13 three-quarter lead as just the second regular season National Football League game in Mexico produced an exciting finish.
The Patriots need to avoid a letdown in the coming weeks to keep pace in the battle for the No. 1 seed in the AFC, thanks to the red-hot Oakland Raiders and their MVP candidate quarterback.
So in the last three games we’ve done a good job against the run, but last night their running backs did a good job about us in the passing game.