A win was a must on Monday night. A convincing win would have been terrific given the quality of the opponent, but it turns out the Atlanta Falcons did not have anything approaching a convincing win within them, so we settled for a victory that came down to the game’s final play. Perhaps that’s the best we can expect, even against a two-win Las Vegas Raiders squad.
That’s not to say this game was without its charms. It featured not one but two KhaDarel Hodge blocked punts, one partially and one fully, individual acts of heroism from a player who has delivered plenty of them this year.