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December 19, 2010	Photo by Sac D

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Sac D		21-Dec-2010 20:04
http://www.insidebayarea.com By Gary Peterson Oakland Tribune The irony where lovely consolation gifts are concerned is that there's nothing lovely or consoling about them. Getting one means someone else got the trip to Tahiti, and you're stuck with the home version of Tic Tac Dough. The Raiders gave themselves a lovely consolation gift Sunday, not that they'd acknowledge it as such. Technically their 39-23 horse-whipping of the Denver Broncos kept them alive in the AFC West race, two games behind Kansas City and one game arrears of San Diego. "The fact that we won a game and are still in it, we still have a chance, that's what we came in trying to accomplish," cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha said. On the other hand, the wild-card door slammed in their faces Sunday. And winning a division title would require a series of events almost as unlikely as Sunday's announced crowd of 44,246. "All we can do is take care of us and do our part," coach Tom Cable said. Given that the Chiefs play the early game next Sunday, the Raiders' dream could be in ashes before they even take the field against Indianapolis in their final home game of the season. But that doesn't mean Sunday was a pointless exercise in wet weather survival. Start with this: It was the Raiders' seventh win of the season. The last time those words could rightfully be used in that order was about 11 Harry Potter movies ago. "You've never been with a Raiders team that won seven, have you?" someone asked Asomugha, who was drafted by the Raiders when they were reigning AFC champions. "I've never been on one to win six," he replied. So ends the team's NFL-record seven consecutive seasons of double-digit losses. The win also boosted the Raiders' record against AFC West rivals to 5-0. Their division record during the lost years: 8-34. "I'm more excited about the fact we're 5-0 in the AFC West," Cable said. "That's a hell of a job by this team." "It's good to be undefeated in the division," defensive tackle Tommy Kelly said. "Cable has been screaming that from training camp, that we need to win in the division before we can get to the playoffs." Darren McFadden topped 1,000 yards rushing this season. That happens all the time in the NFL; it hasn't happened in Oakland in three years. You don't get rings for that, but it's a point of pride in the locker room. Especially the part where the offensive linemen bunk. The Raiders won a game they absolutely had to win and did it on the heels of a stinker in Jacksonville. "In the past, we would have come back from that loss and put another ugly performance on and put ourselves in a hole," Kelly said. Actually, they did exactly that in Sunday's first half. The Raiders committed three turnovers, two of which led to Denver touchdowns. Despite outgaining the Broncos 259-162, Oakland headed for the locker locked in a highly unsatisfying 17-17 tie. "Lot of cussing from the head man," Kelly said of the intermission. "(Cable) came in here and he got everybody's attention." The profanity had its intended effect. The Raiders owned the second half. "I'm proud that we did that," Kelly said. "We didn't just come out here and put two bad halfs together. We responded to the challenge Coach presented to us." They won despite quarterback Jason Campbell struggling through a first half statistically worse than the one that got him benched in the home opener. They won despite their two kickers -- place-kicker Sebastian Janikowski and punter Shane Lechler -- operating on one good leg each. Janikowski, in fact, had to pinch-punt for Lechler late in the first half, from the shadow of his own goal line no less. He got off a credible 33-yard effort. As a bonus, it was muffed by Denver's Syd'Quan Thompson and recovered by Oakland's Hiram Eugene. The Raiders won in the rain. They won before more than a few empty seats and shuttered suites. They won knowing the Chiefs had won earlier in the day. They won hitting home runs on offense -- touchdown plays of 71 yards (a Jacoby Ford end-around on their first play from scrimmage) and 73 yards. Granted, these are things most football teams do on a regular basis. The news is that these Raiders are doing more of them, and on a more regular basis. That isn't likely to pay off this season. But it's something to build on, if that's any consolation.