Carr, Raiders Beat Colts 23-20 To Close In On Playoff Spot

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January 2, 2022 astatine 1:29 pm

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Derek Carr directed Las Vegas to Daniel Carlson’s winning 33-yard tract extremity arsenic clip expired, and the Raiders bushed Jonathan Taylor and the Indianapolis Colts 23-20 connected Sunday to determination 1 measurement person to an AFC chaotic card.

After Michael Badgley kicked a tying 41-yard tract extremity for Indianapolis with 1:56 left, Carr and the Raiders got the shot backmost astatine their 25 aft a touchback. Carr recovered Hunter Renfrow for 24 yards connected third-and-10 successful the last minute, mounting the signifier for Carlson’s 3rd tract extremity of the game.

Carr passed for 255 yards and a touchdown for Las Vegas (9-7), and Zay Jones had 8 receptions for 120 yards.

Rallying aft an embarrassing email ungraded that led to manager Jon Gruden’s resignation, the Raiders tin wrapper up an improbable playoff spot with a triumph implicit the Los Angeles Chargers adjacent weekend.

Indianapolis (9-7) had won 3 consecutive and 8 of 10 to determination 1 triumph distant from a postseason berth. But it couldn’t clasp a second-half pb against Las Vegas.

Taylor finished with 20 carries for 108 yards and a touchdown. The NFL’s starring rusher broke Edgerrin James’ single-season franchise grounds of 1,709 yards rushing connected a 9-yard transportation midway done the 3rd quarter. He has 1,734 yards to spell with 1 crippled near successful the league’s archetypal 17-game season.

Carson Wentz was 16 of 27 for 148 yards and a touchdown, shaking disconnected a dilatory commencement aft helium spent overmuch of the week connected the COVID-19 reserve list.

Indianapolis grabbed its archetypal pb of the crippled connected a fluke play connected its archetypal possession of the 2nd half.

On first-and-10 astatine the Las Vegas 45, a scrambling Wentz threw the shot into a assemblage astatine the extremity line. Wide receiver Ashton Dulin and antiaircraft backs Casey Hayward and Tre’von Moehrig each went up to marque a play, and the shot popped up earlier landing successful the arms of T.Y. Hilton for a 17-13 lead.

Hilton took a bow successful the extremity zone after possibly the easiest of his 53 vocation receiving touchdowns.

The Raiders went backmost successful beforehand connected Carr’s 11-yard touchdown walk to Renfrow connected fourth-and-2 with 11:18 near successful the fourth. Carr scrambled to his close earlier throwing to an unfastened Renfrow successful the extremity zone.

Las Vegas got disconnected to a accelerated start, marching close down the tract aft the opening kickoff. Jacobs’ 2-yard TD tally capped a 12-play, 75-yard thrust that lasted much than 7 minutes.

The Raiders had a 10-3 pb precocious successful the archetypal fractional erstwhile a mates of mistakes helped support the Colts successful the game.

First, rookie defender Alex Leatherwood was flagged for a mendacious commencement connected third-and-1 astatine the Indianapolis 10. After a Carr sack and a Colts timeout, Las Vegas settled for a 44-yard tract extremity by Daniel Carlson with 1:47 left.

Then Carlson’s kickoff went retired of bounds, handing Indianapolis the shot astatine its 40. Wentz promptly directed the Colts to Taylor’s 1-yard TD tally with 1 2nd left, trimming the Raiders’ pb to 13-10 astatine the break.

INJURY REPORT

Colts: DB Xavier Rhodes departed with a hamstring injury.

REMEMBERING MADDEN

The Raiders played with a small “JM” sticker on the backmost of their helmets to grant Hall of Fame manager John Madden, who died this week astatine property 85. Madden coached the Raiders to a triumph successful Super Bowl 11.

A pregame tribute video drew a large cheer from the crowd, and determination was a infinitesimal of soundlessness successful Madden’s memory.

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