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October 29, 2006	Photo by Sac D

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McAfee Coliseum - Oakland, California

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Sac D		01-Nov-2006 15:19
Raiders deny Steelers with stout defense By PHIL BARBER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT OAKLAND - The Pittsburgh Steelers were 7 yards from tying the score, and a deafening crowd was less than 10 minutes away from a possible harrowing overtime. Then Chris Carr salvaged the game, and - who knows? - perhaps the Raiders' season. Carr, a special-teams ace who was in the game as a sixth defensive back, jumped Ben Roethlisberger's pass to Nate Washington at the goal line, broke into a sprint and was gone down the west sideline. Roethlisberger made a strong effort to chase down Carr, but that's a race the big quarterback will lose every time. Carr went 100 yards for a touchdown, and instead of a 13-13 tie, the scoreboard showed a commanding 20-6 lead that eventually stood as a 20-13 victory against the defending Super Bowl champions at McAfee Coliseum on Sunday. "I couldn't believe it. I still can't believe it," Carr said. "I caught the ball, and I'm like, 'Man, I'm about to score a 100-yard touchdown.' No matter what level you play on, there aren't too many times in high school or college that you're going to get an opportunity to do that." "Biggest play I've seen in 12 years in the league," defensive tackle Warren Sapp observed. But not the only big play turned in by the Oakland defense. On a day when the offense generated a miserable 98 yards of total offense (the Raiders' second-lowest output since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger) and 17 net passing yards (third-lowest), the defenders were every bit as good as they've been telling us they are. Nnamdi Asomugha also returned an interception for a touchdown, going 24 yards to open the scoring in the first quarter, and Kirk Morrison and Fabian Washington picked off passes later. The Raiders turned back a first-and-goal threat late in the fourth quarter, getting back-to-back stops by linebacker Robert Thomas and a fourth-down pass breakup by Morrison. And they vexed Roethlisberger throughout the game with a mixture of fierce pass pressure and able coverage. Oakland had five sacks. The Steelers looked out of synch, especially Roethlisberger, who left last week's game against Atlanta with a concussion. Credit Raiders defensive coordinator Rob Ryan. He and his assistants switched personnel frequently in a variety of packages, and every move seemed to work. "Rob-o makes sure we're prepared," Fabian Washington said. "Each week, we've been putting in more and more defenses to try and confuse the quarterback. Last year, we were pretty much a man (coverage) team. He always said in meetings, 'Ours are better than theirs,' which means our corners are better than their receivers. This year it's more, 'We're going to make 'em think a little bit.'" As it turned out, the Raiders needed every tackle and pass deflection to survive. The Steelers swarmed Andrew Walter with blitzes (five of their six sacks were by linebackers) and forced the second-year quarterback into 5-of-14 passing for 51 yards and an interception. Only twice did the Raiders crack the Pittsburgh 40-yard line, both possessions ending in field goals, and they had only two drives of longer than 17 yards. "Our defense won the game, bottom line," Walter said. "Offense played terrible. Personally, it was ridiculous. As a unit, ridiculous." Even the Raiders' best drive ended pathetically. They had a second-and-goal at the Pittsburgh 1 just before halftime, but the next two throws went to tackle Chad Slaughter - in the game as an extra tight end - and Courtney Anderson. Both were incomplete. Randy Moss, the Raiders' eminent scoring threat, was on the bench for both, and he reacted angrily on the sideline after the pass to Slaughter. Sebastian Janikowski ended that possession with a 19-yard field goal. He hit a 41-yarder early in the third quarter to make the score 13-6. That's when the game got interesting. Carr's 100-yard return pushed the score to 20-6. But the Steelers came right back against Oakland's tired defense, needing only 2:13 to go 54 yards for a touchdown, with Willie Parker going the final 25 yards on a screen pass. Four plays after that, Walter led Jerry Porter - yes, that Jerry Porter - too much on a pass across the middle, and linebacker Joey Porter (no relation) picked it off. The clock was at 5:29, and the world champions quickly went from the Oakland 40 to the 1. But Thomas and Morrison (with help from a false start by running back Najeh Davenport) prevented the tying touchdown. Pittsburgh got the ball one last time with 36 seconds remaining, but Sapp's sack forced a desperation pass. It was complete, to Nate Washington, but he was tackled at the Raiders' 5. Who brought him down? Chris Carr, the 180-pound hero of the day, on a day that had many.