Post by TheShadow on Oct 14, 2012 16:39:32 GMT -5
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By Jerry McDonald
ATLANTA -- On paper, it was supposed to be the most one-sided game of the day.
On the field at the Georgia Dome Sunday, it was instead a tense struggle where the Raiders did a lot of good things, but not enough to prevent a loss to the unbeaten Atlanta Falcons on a 55-yard field goal by Matt Bryant with one second remaining.
The field goal negated an 80-yard drive engineered by quarterback Carson Palmer, with Darren McFadden scoring on a 2-yard run with 40 seconds to play.
That was all the time Ryan needed to complete four passes, the last one a 13-yard strike to Tony Gonzalez, to set up the game-winner.
The Falcons had seemingly won the game earlier in the quarter when Assante Samuel intercepted a Palmer pass, returning it 79 yards for a touchdown and a 20-13 lead.
With the Raiders moving into position for a potential game-winning field goal by Sebastian Janikowski, Samuel correctly read an out pattern from Carson Palmer to Denarius Moore, intercepted the ball and raced for the touchdown.
The only person who had a chance to catch him was Palmer, and Samuel cut inside at the 10-yard line and finished off a crushing touchdown with 2:40 to play.
The Falcons also had a 4-yard touchdown pass from Matt Ryan to Roddy White in the first half and field goals of 41 and 20 yards from Matt Bryant.
Oakland scored on a 25-yard pass from Palmer to Moore and field goals of 52 and 22 yards by Sebastian Janikowski.
The Raiders, 1-4, had moved into position with a 43-yard run by Mike Goodson and a 14-yard screen from Palmer to Brandon Myers.
The loss came despite an Oakland defensive effort where the Raiders looked nothing like the team that was shredded in consecutive weeks by Ben Roethlisberger and Peyton Manning.
Without an interception all season, the Raiders had three in the first half from Joselio Hanson, Michael Huff and Tyvon Branch, the latter coming off a pressure by Philip Wheeler.
The Raiders also got off the field defensively during key series in the second half to keep the game close, at one point surviving a first-and-goal at the 2 with a goal line stand.
An old problem rose up and bit the Raiders, who had 12 penalties for 110 yards.
By Jerry McDonald
ATLANTA -- On paper, it was supposed to be the most one-sided game of the day.
On the field at the Georgia Dome Sunday, it was instead a tense struggle where the Raiders did a lot of good things, but not enough to prevent a loss to the unbeaten Atlanta Falcons on a 55-yard field goal by Matt Bryant with one second remaining.
The field goal negated an 80-yard drive engineered by quarterback Carson Palmer, with Darren McFadden scoring on a 2-yard run with 40 seconds to play.
That was all the time Ryan needed to complete four passes, the last one a 13-yard strike to Tony Gonzalez, to set up the game-winner.
The Falcons had seemingly won the game earlier in the quarter when Assante Samuel intercepted a Palmer pass, returning it 79 yards for a touchdown and a 20-13 lead.
With the Raiders moving into position for a potential game-winning field goal by Sebastian Janikowski, Samuel correctly read an out pattern from Carson Palmer to Denarius Moore, intercepted the ball and raced for the touchdown.
The only person who had a chance to catch him was Palmer, and Samuel cut inside at the 10-yard line and finished off a crushing touchdown with 2:40 to play.
The Falcons also had a 4-yard touchdown pass from Matt Ryan to Roddy White in the first half and field goals of 41 and 20 yards from Matt Bryant.
Oakland scored on a 25-yard pass from Palmer to Moore and field goals of 52 and 22 yards by Sebastian Janikowski.
The Raiders, 1-4, had moved into position with a 43-yard run by Mike Goodson and a 14-yard screen from Palmer to Brandon Myers.
The loss came despite an Oakland defensive effort where the Raiders looked nothing like the team that was shredded in consecutive weeks by Ben Roethlisberger and Peyton Manning.
Without an interception all season, the Raiders had three in the first half from Joselio Hanson, Michael Huff and Tyvon Branch, the latter coming off a pressure by Philip Wheeler.
The Raiders also got off the field defensively during key series in the second half to keep the game close, at one point surviving a first-and-goal at the 2 with a goal line stand.
An old problem rose up and bit the Raiders, who had 12 penalties for 110 yards.