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<div class="element-raw appearance-standard">Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jarrett Stidham celebrates with tight end Jacob Hollister after scrambling for a touchdown during the first half against the Jacksonville Jaguars.</div>
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<p class="zn-body__paragraph speakable" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_D16D3AEB-6DAD-F1B6-2B34-6D45AAFBCCA2"><cite class="el-editorial-source">(CNN)</cite>After nearly six long months away, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/03/sport/deshaun-watson-tony-buzbee-suspension-spt-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NFL</a>&nbsp;is back.</p>
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<div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_0B195E56-4A89-C73E-412D-6D466CA1D421">The 2022&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/02/us/nfl-miami-dolphins-suspend/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">season's</a>&nbsp;preseason began on Thursday with the typical curtain raiser at the Hall of Fame game, signaling the beginning of another season of drama, excitement and the highest level of skill imaginable.</div>
<div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_C9098CAC-25B2-59A2-2CBF-6D466CA3D1B3">And it was the perfect start to life in a new home for Josh McDaniels, the Las Vegas Raiders' new head coach who joined in January after a long, trophy-laden spell with the New England Patriots.</div>
<div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_B7ABF742-2F4B-A3C8-E51F-6D466CA4F1FE">His Raiders thumped the Jacksonville Jaguars 27-11, spoiling first-year Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson's debut game at the helm.</div>
<div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_A7BCAA08-ECA7-14A2-CF88-6D466CA573A5">It was a homecoming win for Jacksonville native McDaniels, who was returning to the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium where he once played for Canton McKinley High School, patrolling the sidelines he watched his father, Thom McDaniels, coach on for nearly two decades.</div>
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<div class="element-raw appearance-fullwidth">Josh McDaniels looks on during the first half against the Jacksonville Jaguars.</div>
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<div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_719F10F4-A076-5EFD-ECD9-6D4B0E34F2C0">"Very grateful that I had (the chance)," McDaniels&nbsp;<a href="https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-cap-coach-mcdaniels-homecoming-with-hall-of-fame-game-win" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> afterward. "It's the first time I've been in this Hall of Fame Game in 22 years. To have an opportunity to do that with him here and my family and plenty of people that helped me along the way, I think it was a special night for them.</div>
<div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_2F48ECA0-A057-E4AB-B20F-6D466CA62F5D">"You never know if you'll get this opportunity again. I really savored it. It was a good opportunity for all of us, and I think we all enjoyed it."</div>
<div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_4434DE9A-308A-C8C5-DC9C-6D466CA7954E">In a game without most of both teams' starters -- Raiders quarterback Derek Carr and star wide receiver Davante Adams sat out while the Jaguars released a list of 21 players who wouldn't be playing including second year quarterback, Trevor Lawrence -- it was up to the more fringe players to step up.</div>
<div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_F066F9B8-92E3-3115-791F-6D466CA8BF25">And like many preseason games without the star players, it wasn't the most polished affair.</div>
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<div class="element-raw appearance-fullwidth">Snoop Conner is tackled by Kendal Vickers, Andrew Billings and Tashawn Bower.</div>
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<div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_3C2B703A-E664-FBB7-E2C6-6D4A5CDC38CF">No. 1 overall pick in this year's draft Travon Walker was called for a roughing-the-passer penalty against Raiders backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham on the very first play from scrimmage. Walker did display why he was picked first though as he picked up a sack later in the game.</div>
<div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_F43C9054-E378-8D81-2E89-6D466CAAA098">There were opportunities for players to flash though, as rookie running-back Zamir White showed, rushing for 52 yards and adding 23 more through the air.</div>
<div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_68F6BA80-0932-7067-7B49-6D466CAB4EE2">And it was the Raiders' rushing attack which really tore through the Jaguars defense, finishing the game with 159 yards total rushing and three rushing touchdowns; one each from Stidham, Austin Walter and Ameer Abdullah.</div>
<div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_E202C5E0-36CC-0BB0-1728-6D466CABBE53">Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson was perfect from the field too, adding two field goals and three extra-points.</div>
<div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_F00D10C6-7288-68BC-0045-6D466CAB6891">Jaguars running-back Nathan Cottrell scored his team's only touchdown of the evening, catching a pass from Kyle Sloter in the endzone.</div>
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<div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_35A5A4E0-3AB1-AF6A-E4BA-6D466CAB1720">After the game, Pederson praised the effort of his team which was missing many of its starters.</div>
<div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_63F58B0E-AF65-1CE3-F290-6D466CABDBCA">"I thought overall the effort was outstanding," Pederson <a href="https://www.jaguars.com/news/jaguars-game-report-raiders-27-jaguars-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. "We just have to clean up. There were too many little mistakes."</div>
<div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_D0429008-8B3A-D641-3A1D-6D466CAB3279">He added: "We made sure everybody played in this game. As we move forward, it will be a little more the starters and guys we think will be on the 53(-player roster) as we go."</div>
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Shubman Gill (c) of Gujarat Titans and B. Sai Sudharsan of Gujarat Titans during match 59 of the Indian Premier League season 17 (IPL 2024) between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings held at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on the 10th May 2024. (Sportzpics)

Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan notch hundreds, joint-record opening stand in IPL vs CSK