Raiders’ Foster Moreau makes amends with game-tying TD

SEATTLE — The Raiders’ rising resilience, which has resulted in two straight extra time wins, was personified Sunday by tight finish Foster Moreau.

Thrust into the beginning function attributable to Darren Waller’s lengthy damage absence, Moreau was a part of two polar reverse performs that left him dealing with a variety of feelings through the Raiders’ 40-34 extra time win over the Seahawks at Lumen Field.

The first was when he threw a subject aim from quarterback Derek Carr to finish a promising drive late within the third quarter.

Moreau shouldn’t be one to sugar coat. He is aware of how damaging the autumn was, so he did not wish to fake in any other case.

“I definitely have to go to the damn car Jugs,” he mentioned.

But Moreau made certain to not let that setback outline him. Late within the fourth quarter, he ran a slick route into the again nook of the tip zone on third-and-goal and caught the game-tying go from Carr.

Just like that, he had redeemed himself.

“There is a lesson in adversity,” Moreau mentioned.

Part of that’s the realization that the larger function he is taken on in Waller’s absence means extra alternatives to do nicely. But with that comes the inevitable actuality that there will probably be errors.

“It’s been a process for me, how to handle plays like that,” Moreau mentioned. “I typically play off Darren and it isn’t too troublesome after I try this. I’ll go in, jam my ass, and do it. So I simply maintain attempting to discover ways to be one of the best participant I could be with the ball in my arms. And creating alternatives when (Carr) offers me the chance.”

Big day for Abdullah

Ameer Abdullah and Carr appear to be watching plenty of the World Cup. How else are you able to clarify their contact play, by which they improvised ultimately by taking part in completely towards one another.

“Football is a free-flowing sport,” Carr mentioned, explaining how he and Abdullah used their eyes and situational really feel to interrupt away from the opening aim of the sport for an 18-yard subject aim to tie the sport at 7 -7.

“We realized that security was a little too loud,” Abdullah mentioned. “Good time.”

On third down, Abdullah lined up within the backfield to Carr’s proper, then leaned to his proper and seemed again at Carr a couple of yard from the road of scrimmage. Carr seemed towards Abdullah, however as an alternative of instantly throwing the ball to him, he waited for Quandre Diggs to throw the security route.

Abdullah, realizing what Carr was pondering, instantly made his means upstairs, operating previous a startled Diggs within the course of. Carr held the ball an additional second, then handed to Abdullah for a landing.

“That was all Ameer was able to think what I was thinking,” Carr mentioned. “So it wasn’t planned that way.”

Abdullah had three catches for 39 yards and three kickoff returns for 73 yards, together with a 33-yard return.

Raiders benefit from the ambiance

The final time Carr performed in Seattle in a daily season sport was his rookie season in 2014. His return reiterated his respect for the ambiance.

“That was loud,” he mentioned.

Max Crosby agreed.

“It was incredible; one of the best atmospheres in the league,” he mentioned.

That mentioned, Carr felt the presence of Raiders followers.

“It was very impressive to hear how many of our fans were here,” he mentioned. “We had a whole bunch of Raiders fans behind our bench, and after bad games, they said, ‘You guys are good, we’re going to win the game.’ Anytime you’re in a hostile country and you hear things like that, it always means something.”

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