With all but the Monday night game between the Saints and Colts to be decided, here are nine things we learned from Week 15 of the 2019 NFL season.
The Black Hole went out not with a bang, but with a lot of boos
The Raiders started playing in the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseumin 1966, played there until the 1982 season when they moved to Los Angeles, and returned to Oakland and their old home in 1995. The Coliseum has seen some of the greatest moments in NFL history, and some of the league’s worst football in the last days of Al Davis.
Sunday’s game against the Jaguars marked the final home game for the Oakland Raiders, who will become the Las Vegas Raiders next season. In the first half, the home team put up a 16-3 lead on the Jags, and it looked for a while as if Jon Gruden’s team would at least leave the crazies in the Black Hole with a few lovely parting memories.
Then, the Raiders’ defense did what it tends to do, and Jacksonville rookie quarterback Gardner Minshew threw two touhdown passes in the final 5:15 of the game. Raiders quarterback Derek Carr tried a miracle finish, but it didn’t work out.
The Raiders' final play in Oakland: A failed Hail Mary attempt that saw the pass HIT A RECEIVER IN THE FACE pic.twitter.com/rqPAXTVN4c
— Pick Six Podcast (@picksixpod) December 16, 2019
And then, the inevitable booing and nacho-throwing in the wake of a 20-16 loss.
— Shayna Rubin (@ShaynaRubin) December 16, 2019
It’s sad that football in Oakland is coming to an end.