Oakland Raiders Play Houston Texans for More Than Just a Win

What a difference a bad tackling effort from Mike Mitchell, 3 missed field goals, and a delay of game from the goal line can make.

If any one of those gaffes had not happened, the Bay Area would be buzzing about "Bruce Almighty" and the Raiders offense achieving roughly 400 yards for the second consecutive week.

Instead, Tom Cable is on the "hotter" seat, Sebastian Janikowski is public enemy number one and, even worse, Bruce Gradkowski has to hold off more quarterback controversy.

The truth is, while Gradkowski made a huge mistake at the goal line and threw some balls into heavy coverage, he made the Raiders offense relevant for the se...

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