October 19, 2017
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum – Oakland, California
My Friend Chris
Pregame Thoughts
Prediction: Raiders win by 3-7 points
Results
Final Score: Raiders 31, Chiefs 30
My Record: 6-5
Another good prediction and another win! It did end up being one point so I don’t get the “perfect score” status, but come on you can’t predict that.
The Game
By far the best game I have seen thus far! Let’s jump right to the final series. Raiders down by 6 and the ball around the 50 yard line. A deep pass and a touchdown! Oh wait, after further review, its not a touchdown, its down at the one yard line. Maybe a couple passes. Then an incomplete pass to end the game as time expires. Nope penalty. Okay now another play, incomplete pass to end the game. Nope another penalty. Chiefs royally messed that up. Then finally, a touchdown pass to Michael Crabtree to win it. They did review it and confirm it, I was a little afraid for how angry the place would be if they overturned that.
The whole game had so many highlights, it was just back and forth with a lot of long scoring plays. The teams combined for 7 touchdowns and almost 1,000 total yards. There was also an ejection (more on that below). Amari Cooper went off for 11 receptions, 210 yards and two touchdowns (of course I started Michael Crabtree over him in fantasy, great job Jason).
The Stadium
Overall Rating: F
Well, the stadium looks like it is literally falling apart. They also had a lack of concessions. I mean I was in the club level and they only had one pizza line. The bar was nice, but we had to walk around a quarter of the stadium before we found hot dogs. The first place was all snacks then the next one was burritos (which I would eat, but wasn’t in the mood for it at that particular moment).
No wonder the Raiders want to move to Vegas. Golden State is out of there too. Now someone needs to adopt the Athletics and after seeing this stadium I really hope they get to go somewhere else too…. All sports wave goodbye to Oakland.
Love, Hate and Shout Out
Love: The Raiders Offense with Derek Carr. The team looks completely different when he plays and the offense is actually electrifying. They had at least five plays of more than 20 yards. Hopefully Carr can stay healthy and help Oakland grab a wild card spot, because I think this team could make some noise in the playoffs.
Hate: Marshawn Lynch. What are you doing? When he went after the Chiefs D for hitting Derek Carr late, he looked like he wasn’t going to stop until he got ejected. I mean it looked like he had somewhere better to be or maybe was thinking he should have stayed retired. He hasn’t done much this season anyway, but this was just a boneheaded stupid play.
Shout Out: Raider Nation. I can’t believe the NFL is going to move the Raiders to Vegas (not a done deal yet). I mean I can believe it from a business perspective, but they should have moved the Chargers there, not the Raiders. These fans are die hard! Somewhat crazy and they would probably fight a five year old kid if they were cheering for the other team, but very passionate. They love their Raiders, some of the most dedicated fans I’ve seen so far.
Fan Tips
Eat before going to the game due to lack of concessions and choices.
Plan a long commute back home no matter where you are going or how you are getting there.