Similar circumstance, similar situation, different result. That proved to be the case for the Las Vegas Raiders in their Week 1 17-16 wire-to-wire win over the Denver Broncos last Sunday.
It was a contest the Silver & Black would’ve dropped last year — something they did way too often in 2022. Josh McDaniels’ desert marauders allowed leads to vanish resulting in defeat, and after blunders littered throughout the season opener, Week 1 looked eerily similar to situations the Raiders found themselves in last season. And the Raiders were all too aware of that after the victory.