With a minute left on the game clock, the Patriots had a 24-17 lead and it appeared they had the game in the bag. The Raiders had other ideas and the managed to score a touchdown and the extra point to tie the game. This made the score 24-24 with :37 seconds on the clock.
The Raiders kicked off to the Patriots, who managed to run five plays, ending up on the 55 yard line with :03 seconds left in the game. At that point, any sane individual would have said, "Whelp, guess we'll just take a knee and see what happens in OT".
But apparently the Patriots decided that wasn't what they wanted to do.
And so with :03 seconds on the clock, David Andrews snapped the ball to Mac Jones who immediately handed off to Rhamondre Stevenson.
Stevenson ran for about 10 yards before being hemmed in by Raiders. Instead of sliding to a stop and ending the game, he turned and tossed a lateral to Jakobi Meyers.
Meyers grabbed the ball and, in his infinite wisdom, immediately made a turn of 180°, heading back towards the line of scrimmage. That was when, and this is the part that no one can understand, he made a lateral to...
...Chandler Jones of the Raiders.
Thanks to the fact that Meyers had conveniently run the ball back to the line of scrimmage, all Jones had to do was run 45 yards through a wide open field to the end zone.
Which he did, scoring 6 points and giving the Raiders a 30-24 win.
If that "play" was called by the offensive coordinator, Matt Patricia, he should be fired. It was probably the dumbest thing I think I've ever seen.
The congressional panel investigating the attack on the Capital building has recommended that the DoJ open a criminal investigation against Donald "better than Lincoln, better that Washington" Trump.
This should get very interesting.
If the DoJ opts to conduct a criminal investigation and eventually charge Trump with a crime, Trump will have a hissy fit of epic proportions. It will be great to watch. I expect spittle flying out of his beet-red face while he's ranting about stolen elections and fake news.
If the DoJ decides there isn't enough evidence to warrant an investigation, Trump is going to crow like a rooster at dawn, yelling about how he is the best thing that ever happened to this country and the congressional committee members are a bunch of losers.
Either way, it's going to be comedy gold...
The Bruins and Panthers drop puck at 7:00 this evening.
While I watch that, you can check these out:
- Why do I have a feeling that up until now, they've been using google maps as their spy satellite.
- This guy is making friends everywhere he goes.
- This doesn't sound good. Didn't they already have one with a hole in it a few years ago?
- I like my Alexa but I draw the line at the bathroom.
- Yes, alcohol was involved.
- Oh Canada.
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