When the Green Bay Packers were preparing for Thursday night’s game against the Oakland Raiders, the expectation for the team and its fans was that the starters would play the first half. Alas, with the field conditions a mess and Oakland deciding to sit their first-team units, the Packers chose not to play their starters at all, making for a brutal game to watch.
The second-string units played for most of the first half, while the third-stringers (where they existed) stepped in after halftime to finish out the game. That unit allowed the Raiders to come back in the game, coughing up a 21-10 lead to eventually lose 22-21.