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Oakland had just won a playoff game or something.That's how good victory finally felt for the Raiders.Daniel Carlson kicked a 35-yard field goal as the game ended to give Oakland a 23-21 victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday in a matchup of teams scraping the bottom of the NFL standings.The Raiders (2-8) Cheap Sean Davis Jersey , who had lost five straight, matched the record of the Cardinals."It's fun to win again," said Jon Gruden, whose return to coaching this season after a decade away has been difficult, to say the least. "With the injuries and the lack of practice, I really credit our guys for finishing the football game and finding a way to win."Derek Carr threw for two touchdowns and had completions of 32 and 20 yards on the final drive that led to Carlson's winning kick."I was just ready," Carlson said. "I stayed ready those last two drives because I didn't know when it was going to happen. I had a feeling it was going to happen eventually. ... It's awesome."Carlson also had field goals of 49 and 21 yards in the second half after the teams were tied 14-14 at the break."We all believed. There was never a doubt," Carr said. "There's been times when we believed and we didn't win. It was the same feeling you need to have, same mentality, same look in everybody's eye. It was a good win."Arizona rookie Josh Rosen threw for three touchdowns, two to Larry Fitzgerald, but was intercepted twice. Both picks led to first-half touchdowns for Oakland. David Johnson rushed for a season-best 137 yards, including a 53-yarder that set up Rosen's 5-yard TD pass to Fitzgerald that gave the Cardinals a 21-20 lead with 5:02 to play.Later, Johnson had a 57-yard touchdown run called back by a holding penalty against Ricky Seals-Jones and also had a key drop. That possession also featured an unnecessary roughness penalty on tight end Jermaine Gresham that helped force the punt to Oakland."It was just a dumb play by me," Gresham said. "I turned around and saw my guy (Fitzgerald) on the ground. It was a stupid thing. ... I cost us the game."Carr completed 19 of 31 passes for 192 yards.Rosen was 9 of 20 for 136 yards, but three of the completions went for scores: 18 and 5 yards to Fitzgerald and a 59-yard pass play to fellow rookie Christian Kirk. Fitzgerald has 114 career TD catches, seventh most in NFL history."This one is going to definitely sting," Johnson said. "You know Cheap Ben Roethlisberger Jersey , the Raiders, everyone knows they're trading guys away, they're doing everything to try to rebuild. This one is a tough one."Or, as Rosen put it, "No disrespect to the Raiders but we feel we are the better football team. That's what makes this so frustrating."The day started badly for the Cardinals and ended that way.On Arizona's second play, Gareon Conley made a diving interception and returned it 28 yards to the Cardinals 33-yard line. Three plays later, Carr threw to wide-open Jared Cook for the touchdown.Arizona took the subsequent kickoff and tied it with a nine-play, 64-yard drive. Rosen threw 18 yards to Fitzgerald for the touchdown.The Cardinals took the lead when Rosen, changing the play at the line of scrimmage, threw short to Kirk. Kirk, on his 22nd birthday, shook loose from a would-be tackler and raced to the end zone, a 59-yard play to make it 14-7 late in the first quarter.Karl Joseph intercepted a deflected pass at the 50 and Oakland drove from there for the tying score. Carr threw 5 yards to Brandon LaFell for the touchdown .Carlson's 49-yard field goal on Oakland's first possession of the second half gave the Raiders the lead. Later in the quarter, the Raiders used 7:39 in a drive that stalled at the 1-yard line and Carlson's 21-yard field goal made it 20-14.Both of Arizona's wins came against San Francisco. The 49ers, Cardinals and Raiders are now tied for the worst record in the NFL.TIMEOUT TROUBLESOakland drew a 5-yard penalty for calling consecutive timeouts in the second quarter. It moved what would have been a third-and-2 situation to third-and-7 and the Raiders failed to convert. Coach Jon Gruden was demonstrably upset with Carr afterward on the sideline.INJURIESRaiders: LaFell left in the second half with an Achilles tendon injury. Cornerback Leon Hall hurt his back in the first half.Cardinals: Linebacker Deone Bucannon left with a chest injury in the second half.UP NEXTRaiders: at Baltimore next Sunday.Cardinals: at the Los Angeles Chargers next Sunday. The Pittsburgh Steelers are back-to-back winners for the first time in this 2018 season after a solid performance vs. the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium in Week 6. With the team now able to relax on their bye-week in Week 7, they will hope to improve on their 3-2-1 record by beating the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens in Weeks 8 and 9. Something I did last season and I’m going to start again is the Black-and-gold Links article. This is an article where I take stories from quality news sources across the Internet and add them here for your viewing pleasure. I won’t be posting the entire articles, but I’ll link each story and author so that you can read the full article. Today we talk about the simple fact how the nearly $7 million dollars Le’VeonBell has passed up during his holdout has now been more than any other running back in the NFL has, or will David DeCastro Jersey , make throughout the entire 2018-2019 regular season.Think about that, and let it sink in...Let’s get to the news:Steelers’ Le’Veon Bell has lost more money than any RB will make this seasonBy: Frank Carnevale, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewSteelers running back Le’Veon Bell, who hasn’t shown up for work this season, has forfeited more salary than other running back will get paid, minus bonuses, this season.According to a tweet by Spotrac , “Le’Veon Bell has now forfeited $6.84M from his 8 weeks away from the 1st place #Steelers. Not including signing bonuses, no active RB will earn that much in 2018.”The tweet goes on to list three top backs and their salaries, minus bonuses: Buffalo Bills’ LeSean McCoy: $6.3 million; Houston Texans’ Lamar Miller: $5.75 million; and Minnesota Vikings’ Latavius Murray: $4.6 million.Spotrac compiles the athletes salaries. Here’s their breakdown of NFL running backs.For the record, Bells’ replacement, second-year player James Conner earns $578,000鈥?a year.He has 453 yards rushing, averaging 4.4 yards per carry and has 7 touchdowns. He also has 26 catches for 257 yards.Kevin Gorman: Knocking wood on Big Ben, byes and the BrownsBy: Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewRamon Foster is sitting on his stool, talking about Big Ben, byes and the Browns Marcus Gilbert Jersey , when a question makes the Pittsburgh Steelers left guard lean forward and tap twice on his wooden locker stall.Foster doesn’t want to hear about whether the possibility of a bye in October is a bad omen for the Steelers, as it’s the month in which Ben Roethlisberger has a 38-12 record, has posted his highest completion percentage (66.81) and passer rating (100.4) and thrown the most touchdowns (92) and fewest interceptions (40) in his career.So the last thing Foster wants to hear about is how Roethlisberger is 10-0 at Heinz Field against the Cleveland Browns, who visit the Steelers on Sunday.“History doesn’t mean anything. You’ve got to learn from it,” Foster said, rolling his eyes and tapping twice again on his locker stall. “It’s bigger for them than anything. To say that Ben’s 10-0 at home against them, they’re probably going to read into that and say, ‘Hey, we’ve got to do everything we can to beat him.’ ”At this point, I should’ve known better to mention that the offensive line hasn’t allowed a sack the past two games, especially what with the Browns boasting one of the NFL’s top pass rushers in defensive end Myles Garrett.“You keep saying all these 鈥?you sound like the announcers on ‘Sunday Night Football’ talking about Tucker,” Foster said, referring to Fox’s Chris Myers noting Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker had never missed an extra-point attempt in his career just seconds before Tucker missed his first in a 24-23 loss to New Orleans.“Come on, bro! Goodness, I’m tired of knocking on wood here.”Superstitious as that sounds — knock on wood — the Steelers know the next two games could determine their playoff fate, so they aren’t about to allow anyone to jinx their season. Before the Steelers can worry about their visit to the Baltimore Ravens next week, they have to do something we take for granted but they failed to do in the opener.Beat the Browns.JuJu Smith-Schuster project just getting started for SteelersBy: Jeremy Fowler, ESPNComing off a historic rookie year Cheap Terrell Edmunds Jersey , JuJu Smith-Schuster set forth a three-point plan for a Year 2 leap:Work harder, learn the nuances of the Steelers’ offense and “never change for nobody” as a contact-craving playmaker.That process is going so well that the Steelers are looking for ways to keep challenging their 21-year-old budding star.While Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown still catalyze the passing game in Pittsburgh, Smith-Schuster has breezed straight past his No. 2 receiver role on his way to 1a.Smith-Schuster became the NFL’s youngest player to record 1,000 total yards in 2017, and now he’s leading the Steelers in receptions (42) and yards (561). Smith-Schuster is involved in most of the Steelers’ intermediate- to deep-ball packages and converts 66.7 percent of the passes thrown his way.”I’m just embracing it, having so much being out here,” Smith-Schuster said. “Those stardoms under my belt helps me a lot and I’m able to, you know, play with the big boys.”But with that stardom comes a delicate balance for the young playmaker. Veteran Darrius Heyward-Bey, considered a Yoda of sorts in the receiver room, said Smith-Schuster has shown he’s “pretty automatic” making plays when the ball is thrown his way but has much more room for growth.His message for Smith-Schuster is clear.”Don’t be content. Always think you can get better,” Heyward-Bey said. “You’re only in your second year. There’s so much more he needs to learn. He needs to continue to be a student of the game. He has the ability to make plays when the ball comes his way. Are you going to take those next leaps to run better routes, to get to your spots, know your ins and outs of the whole design of the play so we can put you in different positions?”During training camp, Heyward-Bey and Roethlisberger were among those having sideline talks with Smith-Schuster after plays went wrong. Veterans are heavily invested in his success because they understand his value, and they know what’s next -- more attention from defenses.Brown earns most of the bracket coverage, but Smith-Schuster has predicted “that’s coming” soon enough if he keeps wearing out slot corners. Custom New England Patriots Jerseys