Raiders vs. Chiefs
Due to the harm it causes, football shouldn’t be played or viewed – especially not the NFL’s Thursday night games, which have been criticized of late. On Thursdays, the players are lethargic. They’re insufficiently recovered from their Sunday games. Thursday games are lousy to watch (or so the critics have been claiming).
Well, this year, I’ve been viewing Thursday Night Football through Amazon Prime Video. Last week’s game was very good. This week’s game was one of the best I’d ever seen. (At least, the two offenses played well.) The Chiefs aimed to preserve their lofty standing. For the Raiders, the stakes were higher: they were obliged to win in order to save their (hitherto) disappointing season.
It was all very dramatic.
There were seven lead changes. Each quarterback flung the ball farther than three hundred yards. One of them did so with a broken back.
The Raiders missed two field goals. Their star running back, Marshawn “Beast Mode” Lynch, was ejected for shoving an official.
One of the Raiders’ pass defenders dropped an interception. The ball was caught by a Chief receiver, who scored with ease.
On the game’s last drive, the Raiders needed a touchdown. They maintained possession with an unlikely fourth-down catch. Another catch brought them within a yard of the end zone.
With fewer than ten seconds remaining, the Raiders had no timeouts. “Beast Mode” wasn’t eligible to carry the ball for them.
View for yourselves what happened.
I had never, ever seen anything like this. (Another game summary is here.) Even Karin was overcome. “This game is incredible,” she said, and she was in another room.
Well, this year, I’ve been viewing Thursday Night Football through Amazon Prime Video. Last week’s game was very good. This week’s game was one of the best I’d ever seen. (At least, the two offenses played well.) The Chiefs aimed to preserve their lofty standing. For the Raiders, the stakes were higher: they were obliged to win in order to save their (hitherto) disappointing season.
It was all very dramatic.
There were seven lead changes. Each quarterback flung the ball farther than three hundred yards. One of them did so with a broken back.
The Raiders missed two field goals. Their star running back, Marshawn “Beast Mode” Lynch, was ejected for shoving an official.
One of the Raiders’ pass defenders dropped an interception. The ball was caught by a Chief receiver, who scored with ease.
On the game’s last drive, the Raiders needed a touchdown. They maintained possession with an unlikely fourth-down catch. Another catch brought them within a yard of the end zone.
With fewer than ten seconds remaining, the Raiders had no timeouts. “Beast Mode” wasn’t eligible to carry the ball for them.
View for yourselves what happened.
I had never, ever seen anything like this. (Another game summary is here.) Even Karin was overcome. “This game is incredible,” she said, and she was in another room.