Official Las Vegas Raiders Thread

Ill have more to say later (maybe some pics and vids if I can figure out how to share here) but everything can be summed up in one recap.

After the Raiders stopped SD on their first drive this Charger fan dad (had a teen son with him) yells "31st in defense" all smug. AND............ cut td one, fumble, td two, fumble and td three..... Dude sat with his arms crossed and pissed most of the game. That was a lot of SD fans after the first few minutes of the game.

The sh** was live!

 

man I spent the first part of this week sick and finally ready to quick recap the game at Allegiant.

First, Garbage pail nachos from Guy's is the damn bomb. The atmosphere in the beginning was excited but nervous for the raider fans. Not nearly the super loud reverberation of "RAAAAIDERS" throughout the stadium. In fact the SD team had a pretty good representation at the stadium. Some even going so far to yell Chargers (like our Raiders yell) but those fell flat as there team. It was easy to understated their excitement as we just put up a goose egg at home 4 days prior.



Once the game started the SD fans were hype and the Raider fans were cautious. There was a huge eruption when we made our first stop. A SD (no I won't call them LA) fan yelled "31st in defense" referring to the Raiders D. That was a garbage take but we just lost 3 to zip so it was understandable they were cocky..........

TD 1, fumble, Td 2, fumble, TD 3!

In what felt like seconds this stadium went from nervous energy for the Nation to explosive energy. "RAAAAAAIIIIIDDDDDEEEERRRRS" echoed throughout the stadium loudly and proudly. So many chants and people getting hyped it was funny. Eventually the only responses SD fans had was "neither of us are making the playoffs" as their rebuttal to all the sh*t they were getting. It was hilarious.



I was on the end of the field where Tucker got his TD's, Jakobi got his, We got that "Thick6" TD. Man, I have been to about 6 games at Allegiant and this was the loudest and more true Raider like atmosphere I ever saw. By half time all the talk was about dropping a 70 piece. I actually got into a discussion with a female Bears fan who was rocking the Raiders for her husband about us dropping more than 70. She didn't think we were but I was sure of it when we came out. But after seeing AP put in the 3rd string guys in a lot of places it was clear we weren't going for any records.

That being said.....

That Jack Jones pick 6 happened so fast, and on the other end of the field, that I didn't truly see the play until I got home the next day. The crowd just went crazy at the 63 piece we dropped. This game had everything. Imma wrap up but I wanted to drop one last little tidbit that I really liked and it was this moment

At this point we had given up 14 points. A blown play gave up one and just before this moment a lazy play gave them (SD) a first down. AP called a timeout, came on the field and laid into the defenses a** for not playing right. We were up by nearly 50 points but he was still expecting them to do their jobs.

To put it short (lol, this is pretty long), this was the best game I've seen by the Raiders at any stadium I've watched them play.



I almost didn't accept my brothers invite to fly down. I am glad I did. Now we have to follow it up against KC!

 

Thanks Gcc.

it really was an epic game. I think AOC is the real deal and can be a our future QB but I think he needs to back up last game with a stellar performance tomorrow. Im optimistically yet cautiously excited about going into Arrowhead and getting a W. I can't say when I felt truly positive about that prospect last.

Raider fans will be unfrickingbearable if we win......I'm here for it.