OAKLAND, Calif. _ “Just another game.”
Not exactly, “Just Win, Baby,” the Raiders fabled motto. But that’s what former Raiders defensive tackle Pat Sims said Sunday after he helped come up with one of the plays of the day in the 33-13 Opening Day victory when the Bengals defense stopped the Raiders on fourth-and-one at the Oakland 44 with 5:21 left in the first half.
It was the crusher because it came the snap after cornerback Adam Jones knocked Raiders quarterback Derek Carr out of the game when he stopped his third-down scramble a yard shy of the first down by knocking the ball out of his throwing hand and sending him to the locker room.