By TIM BOOTH, AP Sports Author
SEATTLE (AP) — Once Josh Jacobs slipped past the last line of Seattle’s defense, all that was in front of him was open field and a spot among the many best single-game performances in NFL history.
Jacobs sprinted 86 yards for a game-ending touchdown and the Las Vegas Raiders won in additional time for the second straight week, beating the Seahawks 40-34 on Sunday.
“Once I hit the gap, I see an enormous hole and I just tried to run as fast as I can,” Jacobs said.
Jacobs finished with a franchise-record 229 yards rushing and two scores. He also had six catches for 74 yards, and his 303 yards from scrimmage were essentially the most in franchise history and the seventh-most in a game within the Super Bowl era.
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Jacobs had never had a touchdown run longer than 28 yards, and his extraordinary dash was paying homage to the Raiders’ Bo Jackson running untouched for a protracted TD against the Seahawks on the Kingdome on Nov. 30, 1987.
Not bad for a man who’d been listed as questionable for the sport with a calf injury. There was nothing uncertain about Jacobs’ play once he took the sector.
“To see him finish like that, I do know what he’s been coping with, I understand how hard he works. It was really cool to see that,” Raiders quarterback Derek Carr said.
Las Vegas (4-7) finished with 283 yards rushing and its 576 total yards were the third-most ever allowed by the Seahawks (6-5), who fell one game behind San Francisco within the NFC West.
“He’s hard to bring down. He’s a tricky runner with good balance. You actually gotta wrap him up,” Seattle defensive tackle Shelby Harris said. “He’s not considered one of those backs that gets touched and falls. He makes his money off of breaking tackles and getting those extra yards.”
Las Vegas forced additional time because of Carr’s 5-yard touchdown toss to Foster Moreau within the corner of the tip zone with 1:54 remaining that made it 34-all. Carr threw an interception on the primary play of the sport but finished 25 of 36 for 295 yards and three touchdowns.
The Raiders also got a break when Jacobs appeared to fumble contained in the 10 just before Moreau’s touchdown catch, but officials ruled his forward progress had been stopped.
“It began from the primary play to the last play. The primary play is an interception and the last play is a touchdown,” Raiders coach Josh McDaniels said. “There was numerous swings in the sport.”
Seattle lost its second straight after falling to Tampa Bay two weeks ago in Germany. Geno Smith was 27 of 37 for 328 yards and two touchdowns. But Seattle’s rushing attack struggled for the second straight game, although Kenneth Walker III ran for 2 TDs.
In additional time, Daniel Carlson missed a 56-yard field goal attempt on Las Vegas’ first possession. But Seattle went three-and-out, and on the following play from scrimmage, Jacobs broke free.
Jacobs became the fourth player within the Super Bowl era with no less than 300 scrimmage yards and two touchdowns in a game, and the primary since Adrian Peterson set the single-game record for rushing yards (296) in 2007. He’s the primary player since no less than 1950 with no less than 225 yards rushing and 70 yards receiving in the identical game.
“It’s form of crazy, coming in and never knowing if I used to be going to play, looking the blokes within the eyes and telling them they’re going to get every thing they’ve got in me,” Jacobs said.
The 86-yard TD run was the fourth-longest additional time touchdown in league history.
“Josh was really terrific today. He had an important game and we didn’t tackle in addition to we wanted to and we didn’t scheme in addition to we wanted to,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said.
For many of the game, it appeared Las Vegas would squander its probability to win despite its unstoppable rushing attack. McDaniels twice decided to kick field goals as a substitute of keeping his offense on the sector. He also called a head-scratching toss sweep to Jacobs on fourth down within the fourth quarter that Seattle stopped.
But Carr was terrific on the tying drive in regulation. He went 6 of 8, including a spectacular one-handed catch by Davante Adams for 28 yards, and he floated the touchdown pass to Moreau perfectly into the back corner.
Seattle had a final probability to win in regulation and appeared to have a primary down near midfield on Smith’s pass to DK Metcalf with 57 seconds left. But after a lengthy review it was determined Metcalf didn’t have control of the ball as he rolled over and hit the sideline. Smith was sacked by Maxx Crosby on the following play and Seattle punted.
Raiders DT Andrew Billings limped off the sector within the fourth quarter and was later carted to the locker room. … Seattle S Ryan Neal suffered an elbow injury in additional time and backup Josh Jones took a poor angle on Jacobs’ winning run.
The Seahawks announced that sometime throughout the 2023 season the team will wear throwback uniforms with the silver helmets, blue jerseys and silver pants Seattle sported within the Nineteen Nineties.
Raiders: Host the Los Angeles Chargers next Sunday.
Seahawks: On the Los Angeles Rams next Sunday.
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