After trailing by 14 points in the second half, the Raiders got the wheels back on track with some big plays, one of which would be the game-winner. They battled their way back to tighten the score to 34-33, and with 47 seconds left in the game, the Raiders found the end zone on a touchdown pass to wide receiver Seth Roberts. The big decision came when Del Rio opted to go for the two-point conversion following the score. The decision to go for two, and attempt to win the game, said a lot about the trust he has in the team.

It might be easy to sit back and think that this was a gutsy call, but wide receiver Michael Crabtree disagreed.

“It wasn’t a gutsy call at all, not at all. He [Coach Del Rio] has a lot of trust in us, and we have a lot of trust in him,” said Crabtree. “I mean when you put in so much work in camp and in the preseason, I feel like all we have to do as players is execute.”

Execute they did, and in the closing moments of the game, quarterback Derek Carr threw a well-placed pass on a fade route to Crabtree who was able to bring down the highly-contested pass for the two-point conversion.