It looked like the Las Vegas Raiders had turned their season around prior to Thursday’s matchup against the Los Angeles Rams, winning each of their last three games. However, an epic collapse on Thursday by the Raiders may have spelled the end of their playoff hopes in 2022.
Despite going into the fourth quarter with a double-digit lead, they allowed Rams quarterback Baker Mayfield to pull off an unreal comeback in the fourth quarter due to some brutal mistakes which was capped off by an insane game-winning touchdown pass to Rams receiver Van Jefferson.
Baker Mayfield picked one heck of a time to throw his first TD pass with the Rams.
pic.twitter.com/Yds7Z8bZ6u— The Comeback (@thecomeback) December 9, 2022
This epic collapse by the Raiders has unfortunately been the story of their season this year.
Their latest loss is the fourth time this year that they have lost a game that they were leading by double-digits at halftime, according to Josh Dubow of the Associated Press.
#Raiders are 0-4 this season when leading by double digits at halftime. They are first team since at least 1930 to lose 4 times in a season when leading by double digits at the half #fantastic
— Josh Dubow (@JoshDubowAP) December 9, 2022
The loss sets the franchise record for the most times that this has happened in a season, and is the first time since 1930 that this has happened to any NFL team.
It certainly seems the Raiders have reached a new low with their latest collapse, and the NFL world took to social media to blast them for the loss.
in less than a month, the Raiders have been beaten by a head coach who was an ESPN analyst 6 days before the game and a QB who was on a different team two days before the game
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) December 9, 2022
The Raiders just saw their faint playoff hopes die because they let the Rams, with no timeouts, and a quarterback who showed up yesterday, drive 98 yards.
That's the Raiders for ya.
— Matt Verderame (@MattVerderame) December 9, 2022
https://twitter.com/CharlesWoodson/status/1601070970382344192
Stat of the Year. https://t.co/dZ5V6crt55
— Don Van Natta Jr. (@DVNJr) December 9, 2022
Now there's a stat for the ages . . . and I'm very impressed you refrained from saying `Derek Carr is 0-4 when leading by double digits at halftime . . https://t.co/Uivc99QnN5
— Jerry McDonald (@Jerrymcd) December 9, 2022
Again, I do not say this lightly, I do not say this flippantly: the Raiders are committing a sin against God playing this kind of football. https://t.co/rXJAvhFFA7
— Chris Perfett (@chrisperfett) December 9, 2022
It’s unclear exactly where the Raiders go from here. The type of collapses that they are having is an offense that could certainly get head coach Josh McDaniels fired.
It also may put quarterback Derek Carr on the hot seat in the future. Regardless, this is something that has absolutely ruined their season just one year after making the playoffs.
