The Las Vegas Raiders won Sunday’s showdown against the New England Patriots in the most improbable of fashions.
Whether the losers gave the game away or the winners truly won it will be debated for days, but in the end – Las Vegas emerged victorious.
Aside from the final play of the outing, which obviously is all anyone has been talking about over the past 12 hours, the other thing that fans on social media couldn’t get enough of was one particular Raiders cheerleader.
As soon as she was shown on TV, folks immediately began looking for more information on her.
The cheerleader in question, Maddie, immediately set the internet ablaze:
Maddie has become a fixture on the Raiders’ social media accounts. Whenever stuff with her in it gets posted, it seems to do significantly more engagement than posts that don’t involve her.
The proof is in the pudding:
That said, she isn’t the only Raider girl who causes a stir. There are a number of other fan favorite on the cheerleading squad:
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This has been a crazy year for cheerleaders in the NFL in general. Between the Seattle Seahawks cheerleader who caused a lot of commotion last week with her outfit and the Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders whose wild photos set the internet ablaze – it has been one thing after another.
All in all, while the cheerleaders were no doubt impressive in Sunday’s game, nothing will top that last-minute sequence. There is a reason why the Patriots’ local radio guy called the squad the dumbest team he has ever seen:
The Patriots radio broadcast of the final play 😭
(via @CLoprestiWFAN) pic.twitter.com/lwdFUKQtI7
— Pickswise (@Pickswise) December 19, 2022
Absolutely incredible stuff.
The Raiders obviously haven’t given their fans much to cheer about in 2022.
And while the cheerleading squad has held it down to the best of their abilities, there is only so much they can do.
Some Argentina fans got really excited about Messi finally winning a World Cup. https://t.co/Bv61pPSCC3
— Game 7 (@game7__) December 18, 2022
That said – the memory of that final play will live on for a long time.
The Raiders may be bad this year, but at least they haven’t done anything as embarrassing as that final Patriots play this season.
All parties involved can take solace in that.
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A graduate from the University of Texas, Anthony Amador has been credentialed to cover the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks and high school games all over the Lone Star State. Currently, his primary beats are the NBA, MLB, NFL and UFC.
