A gritty performance pulled the Raiders to a 20-10 win, proving that sometimes winning just means playing smart and simple. They snapped their four-game skid, though it was far from pretty. Both teams combined for only 451 yards, and Geno Smith went 17-of-23 for 174 yards and a touchdown, highlighting the uneasy truth behind the win.

“Yeah, I mean, it wasn’t as clean as I would like,” Smith admitted in his post-game presser. The win, his first at Allegiant as a Raider, was deeply important, but the execution was still pockmarked. That “not clean” feeling? It was stamped on the stat sheet by Smith’s lone INT, a play he later chalked up to misfortune.

“Obviously, can’t throw an interception in that situation. I was trying to dirt the ball,” he confessed, adding with a touch of exasperate

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