Oct 19th 2008 8:20PM by Adam Gretz (author feed)
Filed under: Jets, RaidersThe Oakland Raiders nearly watched yet another fourth quarter lead turn into defeat, only to find a way to sneak out of Sunday’s game with a 16-13 win over the New York Jets, giving Tom Cable his first win as Head Coach.

It had to a bad omen, or something, when Cable tried to ice Jets kicker Jay Feely at the end of regulation as Feely was lining up to kick a 52-yard field goal. Cable tried the “I’m going to call a timeout just before you snap it” trick, and was laughingly burned when Feely hit the upright on the kick that didn’t count. Feely drilled the mulligan, of course, sending the game to overtime.

I figured this strategy would play its way out of the NFL after a few moments like that, yet here we are.

Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski mercifully ended a brutal overtime period — personally, I was rooting for the tie — when he crushed a 57-yard field goal with less than three minutes to play. The kick probably would have been good from about 65. Either way, it was the longest overtime field goal in NFL history.Continue Reading