3. Shelby Harris gets the game ball
What a fantastic season for Harris and what a way to close the year. He was terrific on Sunday.
Harris had two key knockdowns of passes by Derek Carr in the game, with the second one deciding the end result. After the Raiders scored a touchdown with just seven seconds left in the game to make the score 16-15, Jon Gruden decided to go for a two-point conversion.
Carr had a clean pocket and tried to get the ball to Hunter Renfrow, who had caught the touchdown pass moments earlier. Harris timed the play perfectly and knocked the pass down.
It was a good thing he did because Renfrow would have scored the game-winning points if Harris hadn’t broken the pass up.
4. Get excited, Broncos Country
After an 0-4 start, this season has to be considered pretty successful and that is for a couple of reasons.
For one, the Broncos have found a quarterback in Drew Lock that they can build around.
Fangio seems to be finding a way to get the best out of his players, something that was not happening in September and October and now, this team heads into the offseason with plenty to be excited about.
Finally, they knocked off the Raiders in a thriller to close the year, and the decade, out. How can we complain about any of that?
It should be a really fun offseason.
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