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Underrated play that may not get much notice.
Watson's tackle on on 2nd and 10 inside the 1 minute mark was freakin' enormous.
A) He kept him in bounds so Oakland had to burn their last timeout.
B) By bringing up 3rd and 1 (the Adams play that was overturned) with no timeouts, the Raiders needed to throw to convert.
If Renfrow gets out of bounds to save that timeout, the Raiders almost certainly run it to convert then use the timeout. And obviously if he converts the first, that changes everything.
Now Renfrow made it possible by unnecessarily going to ground (I thought the ball placement from Carr was fine), but for Watson to get up there and wrap his ass before tackling him to ensure he couldn't pull himself out of bounds or get that extra yard to convert is just damn strong play.
Honestly, there's a really good chance we lose that game if Watson doesn't stick him as soon as he gets there to both prevent the 1st down AND keep him in bounds. Really a big time play that nobody will remember going forward.
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