OAKLAND -- The Raiders have struggled to win games like these. Rare victories have been hard to come by, requiring last-minute heroics to lock down Ws.
Not on Monday night. The Raiders jumped out to an early lead and maintained it, cultivating a victory easily secured. There was no dramatic end to this one.
The Raiders set up in a victory formation, Derek Carr kneeled three times and that was it. Raiders 27, Broncos 14, a result reached without drama.
Carr took advantage of the easy ending, which allowed him to soak it all in.