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Resilient Raiders are back in the playoffs after a nightmare season

Courtesy of Tyge O'Donnell In true Raider fashion, their season came down to the bitter end, and they delivered. Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson nailed a 47-yard field goal attempt in overtime to knock off the Los Angeles Chargers, and send the Raiders back to the playoffs. It marks just the franchise's second playoff appearance since losing Super Bowl XXXVII following the 2002 season, and their first since 2016. They have a date with the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Wild Card.  From start to finish, the 2021 Raiders season was theatrically pulsating, with the team securing six walk-off wins, four overtime wins, and seven wins in one-possession games. But beyond the last-minute football dramatics, a soap opera of unending heartache and distress circulated the team all season long. Resiliency is an overused trait to describe the heart and mental fortitude of a team, but resiliency defined the Raiders journey back to the playoffs in one of the darkest seasons in the history of the