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If you didn’t know better. you would have sworn it was a classic Aaron Rodgers mind trick. On fourth-and-2 from the Packers’ 34 at the two-minute warning Monday night, Raiders coach Josh McDaniels brought out the kick team.
Had McDaniels gone for it and converted, the Raiders, who were up four, could have run the clock out. (Just ask Matt Eberflus). Had Daniel Carlson made the field goal — and he’s made a higher percentage of them than anyone in football the last three years — the Raiders would have gone up seven.