Las Vegas Raiders stun New England Patriots on weird remaining play

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In one of the crucial weird finishes to a NFL recreation you’re ever prone to see, the Las Vegas Raiders beat the New England Patriots 30-24 to maintain their slim playoff hopes alive.

With simply three seconds left, the sport was tied at 24-24. Working again Rhamondre Stevenson, who had, up till that time, loved a monster recreation – had simply grabbed one other enormous acquire as he bumped into Raiders territory.

The clock had ticked right down to zero – that means if Stevenson was to be tackled, the sport could be over and it will go to time beyond regulation.

Within the hope of snatching a win on the loss of life and keep away from an additional 10 minutes of play, Stevenson determined to throw the ball backwards to his teammate Jakobi Meyers.

Meyers caught the lateral and likewise tried to maintain the play going by throwing to a teammate.

However as he tried to throw it to quarterback Mac Jones, the ball was caught by Raiders defensive finish Chandler Jones, who used to play for the Patriots.

Jones stiff-armed the Patriots’ quarterback and ran 48 yards for a landing, giving the Raiders essentially the most dramatic of wins in essentially the most unbelievable circumstances.

Meyers admitted he ought to have simply saved maintain of the ball and let the sport go to time beyond regulation.

“I didn’t see Chandler Jones on the time,” Meyers informed MassLive’s Mark Daniels, per NFL.

“I simply thought he was open, tried to get to him and let him attempt to make a play with it, however the rating was tied so I ought to’ve simply went down.”

Patriots quarterback Jones regretted not tackling his positional rival.

“I’ve received to deal with the man [Chandler Jones],” Jones mentioned, per NFL. “It’s on me, and it’s my fault. … I’ve received to deal with the man, and we play for time beyond regulation.”

Raiders head coach John McDaniels – a former longtime Patriots offensive coordinator – was additionally shocked at how the sport ended.

“As soon as Rhamondre (Stevenson) pitched the ball to Jakobi (Meyers), I figured they’d most likely simply deal with whoever had it, and that will be it and we’d go to time beyond regulation,” McDaniels mentioned, per NFL.

“When he lateraled the ball … it didn’t appear to be a lateral play to me once they handed the ball off to the again.

“After they handed it to the again, I believed: ‘OL, deal with him, go to time beyond regulation.’ After which after I noticed the ball up within the air and noticed Chandler (Jones) beneath it, I’m pondering: ‘Oh my god, we would have an opportunity at this.’

“And when he caught it, I noticed Mac (Jones) was again there and simply hoping that he may keep away from no matter effort that Mac needed to deal with him, hope he had sufficient juice left in his physique to get to the top zone.”

The gripping ending got here after an thrilling recreation throughout which the Patriots scored 21-straight second-half factors having trailed 17-3 to the Raiders at half time.

It improved the Raiders’ file to 6-8 for the season to maintain their playoff hopes alive whereas the Patriots slipped to 7-7 and with a difficult remaining few weeks left, their postseason goals relaxation within the stability.