LAS VEGAS — Before Josh Blackwell made the game-saving block on Daniel Carlson’s 54-yard field goal attempt, the Chicago Bears special teamer had spent all game sizing up the Las Vegas Raiders’ timing.

It was something long snapper Scott Daly spotted on tape and called attention to it.

“Earlier in the week, we had looked at the film and seen they have a little tendency with their snap ability,” Blackwell said. “And we got close (to blocking) the first two kicks. I was like, ‘I’m going to time this one good, I’m going to get this one.’”

Raiders’ long snapper Jacob Bobenmoyer snapped to holder AJ Cole, and Blackwell saw that Cole “reset the ball, like, literally a tilt.”

Blackwell sprang in from the Raiders’ right edge and went airborne to block Carlson’s kick.

“I got a good jump,” he s

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