{"id":391580,"date":"2022-01-09T06:47:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T03:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chargers-raiders-showdown-a-de-facto-playoff-game\/"},"modified":"2022-01-09T06:47:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T03:47:31","slug":"chargers-raiders-showdown-a-de-facto-playoff-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chargers-raiders-showdown-a-de-facto-playoff-game\/","title":{"rendered":"#Chargers-Raiders showdown a de facto playoff game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Chargers-Raiders showdown a de facto playoff <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a><\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mark-cannizzaro1.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Mark Cannizzaro\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mark-cannizzaro1.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mark-cannizzaro1.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>On the NFL schedule, the playoffs officially begin next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Unofficially though, the Chargers-Raiders showdown Sunday night in Las Vegas \u2014 the 272nd and final regular-season game of 2021 \u2014 is a playoff game, because it\u2019s a delicious win-and-you\u2019re-in, lose-and-you\u2019re-out scenario for both 9-7 teams vying for a wild-card berth.<\/p>\n<p>For the Raiders, earning a playoff spot would be a remarkable achievement considering the inordinate amount of adversity they\u2019ve endured this season, including the banishing of head coach Jon Gruden for his racially insensitive emails and the car crash initiated by receiver Henry Ruggs III that left a woman dead.<\/p>\n<p>Gruden was replaced by Rich Bisaccia, a 20-year grinder as an NFL assistant from Yonkers who has led the Raiders to a 6-5 record since Gruden\u2019s exit. Bisaccia has the Raiders on a three-game winning streak entering Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Should the Raiders win to get into the playoffs, ownership, if it hasn\u2019t already, might have to give serious thought to removing the \u201cinterim\u2019\u2019 title from Bisaccia\u2019s job de<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ion.<\/p>\n<p>The matchup features the AFC\u2019s top two passers \u2014 Los Angeles\u2019 Justin Herbert and Las Vegas\u2019 Derek Carr. Herbert (4,631) and Carr (4,618) rank first and second, respectively, in passing yards in the AFC this season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/newspress-collage-20767813-1641699701172.png?w=1024\" alt=\"Justin Herbert and Derek Carr\" class=\"wp-image-20767866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/newspress-collage-20767813-1641699701172.png?w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/newspress-collage-20767813-1641699701172.png 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/newspress-collage-20767813-1641699701172.png?w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Justin Herbert and Derek Carr<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images (2)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Chargers last week bounced back from two consecutive losses with a 34-13 win over Denver and are seeking their first playoff berth since 2018. Herbert passed for 237 yards and two touchdowns against the Broncos, and running back Austin Ekeler produced 112 yards from scrimmage and a TD.<\/p>\n<p>The Raiders are coming off a 23-20 win over the Colts on a 33-yard field goal by kicker Daniel Carson as time expired last week to keep their playoff hopes alive. They\u2019re seeking their first playoff berth since 2016 and just their second since 2002.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>There\u2019s a rare and bizarre playoff scenario that potentially lies ahead for the Chargers and Raiders. If the Colts happen to lose to the Jaguars on Sunday, then the Chargers and Raiders would get into the playoffs with a tie Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I ever passed math, so I don\u2019t even know what the hell you just talked about,\u201d Bisaccia said this week, laughing about the playoff permutations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully I speak for everyone, but for me, I\u2019m not even going to watch anything,\u201d Carr said. \u201cI hope the TVs are all off. I hope no one\u2019s watching, and I hope our complete focus is on winning the football game. Someone said we could just take knees and tie if that\u2019s the scenario. To me, it will be full focus on beating the Chargers, and I\u2019m pretty confident that\u2019s how our whole team feels, no matter what. They beat us last time. We kind of just want to play this game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Raiders were led last week by receiver Hunter Renfrow, who had seven catches for 76 yards and a TD. He has 99 receptions this season and needs nine against the Chargers to break the single-season franchise reception mark held by Darren Waller (107).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Waller, the Raiders hope to get the talented tight end back for Sunday\u2019s game after he missed the past five games with knee and back injuries, along with a stint on the reserve\/COVID-19 list.<\/p>\n<p>The teams\u2019 last meeting was in Week 4. The Raiders were still coached by Gruden and Ruggs was their top receiver. The Raiders were 3-0 at the time and flying high. But the Chargers built a 21-0 lead and beat them, 28-14, at SoFi Stadium. Herbert passed for three TDs and the Chargers rushed for 168 yards, their second-highest output of the season.<\/p>\n<p>In that game, the Raiders were held to 48 rushing yards and Carr threw for 196 yards \u2014 his lowest total in any game this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Raiders made a second-half comeback that was indicative of their resilience this season. They\u2019re almost never out of it and have excelled in close games this season \u2014 going 6-2 in one-score games and 3-0 in overtime. They\u2019ve won five times on the final meaningful play of the game, four of those coming on game-winning field goals by Daniel Carlson.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Unofficially though, the Chargers-Raiders showdown Sunday night in Las Vegas \u2014 the 272nd and final regular-season game of 2021 \u2014 is a playoff game, because it\u2019s a delicious win-and-you\u2019re-in, lose-and-you\u2019re-out scenario for both 9-7 teams vying for a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":391581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/newspress-collage-20767813-1641699701172.png?w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[123493,73597,72046,73150,74276,71709],"class_list":["post-391580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-1-8-22","tag-derek-carr","tag-justin-herbert","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-marks-big-game"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}