Marcus Peters fined for horse collar on Christian Watson TD Josh McDaniels called it really smart play

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Marcus Peters fined for horse collar on Christian Watson TD Josh McDaniels called it really smart play

The were able to survive the on Monday night, thanks to some instinctive play by . While Peters had a crucial pa s deflection that led to an interception, that Mikael Granlund Jersey wasn't his best play of the night.That actually came in the form of a penalty.Packers wide receiver was open by 30 yards thanks to a busted coverage by the Raiders defense, setting him up for a long touchdown. Watson only needed to outrun one player to score a touchdown, but Marcus Peters made sure he wasn't getting into the end zone.To bring Watson down, Peters committed a horse-collar penalty at the 6-yard line. The play went down as a 77-yard completion to Watson, Devan Dubnyk Jersey added with the horse-collar penalty which was enforced as half the distance to the goal. With the game tied 10-10, the Packers had first-and-goal at the 3-yard line.Peters was later $13,378 by the NFL for Erik Haula Jersey the penalty. Marcus Peters got called for a horse-collar penalty after this HUGE play from Christian Watson ESPN (@espn) The Packers didn't score a touchdown and ended up kicking a field goal. They took a 13-10 lead, but the Raiders ended up winning 17-13. Without that penalty by Peters, the outcome might have been different."I talked to Marcus Peters . It's the right penalty," Raiders head coach McDaniels said to reporters after the game, via a team transcript. "That' Eric Staal Jersey s a really smart play in a critical time in the game. If it's the first quarter in the middle of the field, you don't want to horse collar. But if you're saving a touchdown on a long play like that, you at least give yourself a chance Matt Dumba Jersey to play a few more downs, which he did."And then the defense really rose up and played well. I thought they played well for the most part." Peters finished with a 70.1 pa ser rating in coverage Monday (4 of 6, 31 yards), but his penalty may have saved the game -- and the season -- for the Raiders.
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