Raiders Come Back Big, Shock Steelers

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Here is Adam Schefter of ESPN.com with the latest:

In case you missed it, here is a GIF of Heyward-Bey’s collision on Sunday afternoon.

It was a day of mixed emotions in Oakland, where Raiders fans were filled with jubilation at their first victory of the season, knocking off the lauded Steelers, but there was plenty of concern too when WR Darrius Heyward-Bey suffered a serious injury and was taken to the hospital. Hood also being forced to leave capped off a slate of late games where injuries were all too prevalent.

Gamblin’: The Steelers were four-point favorites going into the game, so they obviously didn’t cover.

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Medical staff were being very cautious, leaving him on the turf for the better part of ten minutes while they stabilized his neck, and just removed him from the field on a back board. It’s too early to speculate on the severity of the injury, though given the cautiousness of the staff it doesn’t look good. However, he just gave a thumbs up to the crowd in Oakland, and appears to be moving which is a wonderful sign. Leading up to this point he was having a solid game, catching a touchdown early to keep the game in Oakland’s reach.

According to Steve Corkan of the Contra Costa Times, Heyward-Bey was taken to a local hospital via ambulance for examination, and observation.

Prior to the touchdown a critical third down offsides penalty allowed the Raiders a fresh set of downs, which set up the TD pass, tying the game.

Game time/date: 4:25 p.m. ET, Sunday, Sept. 23

Location: Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA

The Raiders have earned a reputation as a tough underdog and a patsy favorite (they lost as chalk last week in Miami). And the Steelers are aware of this fact, having lost two of the past four meetings to Oakland when they were in this situation as a favorite.

”When you add the fact that the Steelers are just 2-8 ATS in their past 10 as a road team, you get another small handicapping factor to consider Oakland here on the Week 3 odds menu,” explained Jeff Grant of Sportsbookreview.com.

Nevertheless, it is surprising to see the Steelers are picked by almost everyone to beat the Raiders, considering Oakland has a pretty strong homefield advantage and teams always seem to struggle making the transition from coast-to-coast. 11 of 12 experts at ESPN, nine experts at CBS (including the prediction machine), and four experts at Yahoo Sports (including the users). Only Adam Schefter of ESPN has picked the Raiders to win on Sunday.

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