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Raiders hope rookie TE Michael Mayer is ready to break through

HENDERSON, Nev. -- Michael Mayer blacked out.

The Las Vegas Raiders rookie tight end could not recall exactly how he celebrated his first career touchdown catch, a "Mossing" of New York Jets safety Jordan Whitehead in the end zone Sunday night.

Mayer's teammates, meanwhile, not only had a collective photographic memory of the celebration -- he simply flipped the football with his left hand and walked in a circle as he stared into the Allegiant Stadium crowd -- but they also talked of a certain need for more such plays from the 6-foot-4, 265-pound pass-catcher going forward.