Yes, that’s 3rd and 48 for the Raiders. This is how they got there.
Oakland Raiders face 3rd and almost half the football field
The Raiders drove to the 50, then ended up in 3rd and 48 from their own 12.
A holding, a sack, a delay of game, and another sack -- those two sacks were for a combined loss of 23 yards -- led to this amazing down and distance. I mean, that’s almost half the football field. And what did the Raiders run?
Yep, a screen pass. Not a bad idea -- you’re not going to make up 48 yards anyway, so the typical call is screen or draw -- but in typical Raiders fashion the pass bounced off a defensive lineman’s butt.
So a drive that started at the Raiders 18 and made it to the 50 moved all the way backwards and ended up as a -6 yard drive. Pretty amazing work, Raiders.
