TBT: Raiders celebrate game-clinching sack with epic dance
What a difference two years can make.
The Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs will meet on Thursday night with AFC West supremacy on the line. But just two years ago, the same two teams faced off on Thursday Night Football and circumstances were much, much different.
In 2014, the division foes battled in Week 12 with the Chiefs looking to climb to 8-3. The Raiders, on the other hand, were still searching for their first victory.
Well, the planets aligned and the Raiders took down their bitter rivals by virtue of a 24-20 victory, and it produced one of the best in-game moments in recent memory.
With 40 seconds left, linebacker Khalil Mack combined with then-Raider Sio Moore for what they thought was a game-sealing sack of Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith. The pair then skipped nearly 30 yards down the field to celebrate the play and even combined on a cute handshake dance, forcing veteran lineman Justin Tuck to call a timeout to prevent the two from getting flagged for being offside.
That was then and this is now, and now the Raiders enter Thursday's game as the AFC West juggernaut.
But this play and subsequent celebration will live on in infamy.