Raiders’ Josh Jacobs Makes Case To Be Re-Signed After Epic 86-Yard TD Run In Overtime To Give Las Vegas Entertaining 40-34 Win Over Seattle Sunday


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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer

The Raiders’ start was painful to watch for Silver & Black fans Sunday.

Derek Carr threw an interception on the game’s first play against the surprising Seattle Seahawks  The Seahawks then scored on a run and the Raiders trailed, 7-0, after a mere 28 seconds.

But the Raiders ended this contest suddenly and quickly. It came in overtime when running back Josh Jacobs took a handoff from Carr, ran through the middle of the trenches and raced 86 yards to give the Raiders a second consecutive walk-off OT win.

In a game that was reminiscent of many wild and crazy back-and-forth contests only a year ago when the Raiders made the playoffs, Las Vegas left Seattle celebrating a 40-34 win over a team that was tied for first in its division.

It was a career game for Jacobs, 24, a hard-running 220-pounder from Alabama who made it nearly impossible for the Raiders to not re-sign him. His epic OT TD run through the spine of the Seattle defense ended a jaw-dropping performance that included 229 rushing yards, 74 receiving yards, 303 total yards and two rushing touchdowns.

Josh Jacobs’ career day. Source: NFL

The Raiders were in the hole in the game’s first minute, but actually led, 24-20, at halftime.

The OT win came only a week Carr tossed a walk-off TD pass to Davante Adams to defeat the Denver Broncos in the Mile High City.

The Raiders are 4-7 after the heart-pounding win. If the Raiders win two more straight games to reach 6-7, that will be the same record the team had only one year ago when Las Vegas finished 10-7 to be the top-seeded wild card team in the American Football Conference.

See you next week at Allegiant Stadium when the Raiders host the Chargers.


 

Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.