The Las Vegas Raiders were in Denver to face their AFC West rival, the Broncos, on primetime Thursday Night Football. It was not the result that they wanted as

The Broncos and Raiders are at opposite ends of the AFC West. Denver extended it's lead in the division with a win on "Thursday Night Football".

The Las Vegas Raiders and Denver Broncos put on a nearly unwatchable game in prime time. And Denver was slightly less hideous.

If you guys have been reading these film reviews over the last couple of years (thank you, by the way), then you know that I have a brutal addiction to optimism. If you want proof just check out my article hyping up Audric Estime that I wrote relatively shortly before they cut him.

"A couple of kneeldowns will take us to the finish line," the legendary play-by-play voice said as the Broncos bled out the clock to end the game. "As we mentioned at the outset they were like a horse that stumbles out of the gate, falls way behind—not tonight, a little different."