Raiders fans will be talking about this for a while, as if you listen to the clip you'll hear the whistle blow before the ball is caught for a touchdown.

As it turns out, Joe Burrow made a tremendous play on the run and was not out of bounds when he let it fly so it was a legitimate TD.

But under the rules once the whistle goes that play should be called dead. We'll see this a few times in the next few days or so...

Germaine Pratt is the man who ices the game with that interception right on the goal line and the drought is over - 31 years since their last play-off win, the Bengals can celebrate another.

Superb win for Joe Burrow in his first play-off game, but what an effort from Derek Carr and the Raiders who just never know when they're beaten do they!

Carr can't find Zay Jones and it's picked off by the Bengals - they're going to the Divisional Round!

Two throws from Carr, the second when he had an age in the pocket, but both throws go incomplete and the game, and the season, comes down to one play...

Zay Jones takes in a bullet of a throw from Derek Carr to get a fresh set of downs just inside the 10 yard line.

Carr then clocks it, so they've got three plays to score with 29 seconds left.

Huge throw from Derek Carr, huge catch from Darren Waller and that's a third and long converted as the raiders get into the red zone with just over a minute left.

Wow, that's a really borderline call of roughing the passer against the Bengals, and it gives the Raiders a huge 15-yard penalty.

Not the best punt in the world, as Vegas get the ball on the 35-yard line.

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The Bengals will punt after the two-minute warning, so it's down to Derek Carr, and the walk-off machine that is the Raiders to try and go and win this game.

No timeouts remaining so they'll have to hurry up, but remember those Bengals back-ups on defence due to injuries.

The game, and the season, all rests on this drive...

Nowhere to go for the Bengals on their first two plays, and now it's third down and about 11 yards to go with the Raiders taking a timeout and the two-minute warning just to come.

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Las Vegas Raiders 19-26 Cincinnati Bengals

Vegas don't roll the dice right now on fourth down and take the easy Daniel Carlson field goal from 28 yards.

It's now just a seven-point lead with three minutes and 34 seconds remaining, and a close finish will not scare these Raiders.

Las Vegas have had six walk-off wins this season, four of them in overtime, and if they get a stop here then they could do it again with a touchdown and two-point conversion.

Wow! Huge conversion by the Raiders as veteran speedster DeSean Jackson wriggles free for a 26-yard play that moves the sticks right up inside the Bengals 20.

We must mention that Cincinnati have a load of back-ups playing on the defence right now due to injuries and they're just struggling to keep Las Vegas down.

The Raiders need to call a timeout just before a huge fourth down, needing five yards, as Derek Carr can't hear himself think let alone pass on the instructions to his team.

The Bengals fans really, really want this one.

ANOTHER flag, and again the men in stripes take an awful long time having a conversation about it before bringing the Raiders back and ruling out a lovely long gain from Josh Jacobs.

Jacobs is furious with that one.

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Las Vegas Raiders 16-26 Cincinnati Bengals

They're NOT going for it!

Joe Burrow didn't like what he saw from the defence so he pulls out of the play, calls timeout and lets Evan McPherson send a chip shot over to make it a 10 point lead.

That's probably the right move, to make it a clear two-score game with under seven minutes left to play.

We'd all rather see them go for it though wouldn't we!?

The Bengals go for a fancy pitch out for Joe Mixon on a third and one and he's stopped just short of the first down marker.

Personally I'd like to see a QB sneak or a run right up the gut from the running back on that play - which just sends a message to the opposition too that you don't mind the rough stuff.

Zac Taylor's going for it on fourth and inches...

Like Newcastle football fans, NFL linemen never want to show anyone that they're feeling the cold, but Patriots centre David Andrews is taking that bravado a little too far surely....

That frosty game kicks off in an hour.

Joe Mixon lowers the shoulder to convert a short third down - for all of Burrow's excellence and Cincinnati's big-play ability, they do need to keep running the ball, to keep Maxx Crosby off Burrow's case if nothing else.

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Las Vegas Raiders 16-23 Cincinnati Bengals

Daniel Carlson made his last 23 kicks in the regular season, including that last-second thriller last week, and he's three from three tonight after nailing this from 34 yards.

Seven points is the lead, getting tense now!

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Las Vegas Raiders 13-23 Cincinnati Bengals

The Bengals have seen a few players go down hurt - but Trey Hendrickson is the biggest miss of the lot.

He's been huge rushing off the edge tonight and nobody else really does it like him on this team.