The Las Vegas Raiders were the team of the NFL Week 18 schedule.
They punched their first playoff ticket in five years in the final NFL regular-season game of the season in prime time in overtime as they beat the Los Angeles Chargers. The entire country was buzzing about it.
And the league has noticed. Wednesday, two of the three AFC Week 18 player of the week honors went to Raiders players as defensive end Maxx Crosby was named the defensive Player of the Week and kicker Daniel Carlson was named the special teams Player of the Week.