We’re still tied at 21 here at the Metrodome; Cretin Derham-Hall has the ball on their own 20, with four minutes remaining in the game.

The Raiders were forced to start a drive on their own one-foot line, but managed to get out from the shadow of their own goalpost, and drove all the way into Blaine territory.  They appeared to have their offense firing on all cylinders, but a sack by Bengals LB Chad Mueller cost CDH eleven yards and killed the drive’s momentum.

Blaine took over, and a 30-yard scamper by James Peterson got their possession kick-started.  On their next third down, Peterson hit Mike Thai for 38 yards down the middle of the field, and the Bengals looked to be rolling.  But then, in an eerie mirror image of earlier in the game, Blaine had a touchdown pass called back for holding - the same fate that killed a Raiders touchdown in the first quarter, and their drive stalled.

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