It's Happened, Part Two: They Finally Did It!

(Required:  All "deep research" statistics courtesy of Pro Football Reference.)

NFL history was made yesterday, and it is about the least surprising bit of history one can think of when you think of the NFL of the last....  about 15 years.

The Raiders were so bad in one respect that, had they not been so bad, David Carr would actually have broken the long-standing major NFL record for passing yards in a single game.  He had 514 yards against Tampa Bay yesterday, but another 71 was called back due to this statistic.  The NFL record, Norm van Brocklin with 554.

But the Raiders still broke another record, and it's the one that most NFL fans would think the Raiders had broken about four times by now:

They committed 23 penalties in the win over Tampa, for 200 yards.

The 23 penalties is an NFL record, eclipsing the old mark of 22, set three times -- twice in 1944, once in 1998.

The 200 yards is not a record, though.  It is third on the NFL list.  Tennessee had 212 yards vs. Baltimore on October 10, 1999.  Cleveland had 209 yards vs. Chicago on November 25, 1951.

Here's the oddest statistic of that lot:  As of today, teams that have had 200 or more yards of accepted penalties assessed against them are 3-0!!!

On the tying drive for Tampa Bay, the Raiders had 12 men on the field -- twice!

On an extra point, they had nine at some point.

At least one player should've been ejected for a punch.

I think it's clear that Fine Friday is going to be an active day around Oakland.