Raiders don't second-guess failed 2-point attempt

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Las Vegas Raiders manager Josh McDaniels defended his determination to effort a 2-point conversion alternatively than footwear a game-tying other constituent precocious successful the 4th fourth Monday night, a telephone that his players supported, arsenic well.

And they did truthful adjacent arsenic the effort failed, with the Raiders yet losing to the Chiefs 30-29 to autumn to 1-4 entering their bye week.

"I felt similar successful that situation, [Kansas City] had a batch of momentum offensively, evidently successful the 2nd half," McDaniels said. "We had a play that we felt truly bully about. I thought we would get a look that gave america a changeable astatine it."

Josh Jacobs, who rushed for a career-high 154 yards with a touchdown connected 21 carries, was stuffed conscionable shy of the extremity enactment with 4:27 inactive remaining connected the crippled clock.

"That's what we wanted," Jacobs said. "We knew we was going to beryllium successful that situation. It's crazy, each week we were talking astir third-and-1s, fourth-and-1s, 2-point play.

"When I got the shot and the information changeable the hole, I knew it was going to beryllium hairy. I truly blasted myself due to the fact that I could person reached the shot over. I cognize we harp connected not reaching the ball, but that was a concern wherever it wouldn't person mattered if I did. So, I'll conscionable enactment that connected my shoulders. I could person reached the shot over."

After the Las Vegas defence forced a punt, the Raiders took implicit with 2:29 to play and faced a fourth-and-1 astatine their ain 46-yard enactment with 41 seconds left. With nary timeouts, the Raiders attempted a heavy propulsion alternatively than tally the shot up the gut, and backmost Derek Carr's walk intended for Davante Adams fell incomplete arsenic Adams and slot receiver Hunter Renfrow ran into each different down the field.

Jacobs said helium had nary contented with the playcall there, either, since Las Vegas was retired of timeouts.

Carr said helium knew the Raiders would effort a 2-point conversion earlier they started the thrust that pulled them wrong 1 constituent astatine 30-29.

"I liked it, I similar being aggressive, particularly connected the road, I'm each connected board," said Carr, who passed for 241 yards and 2 touchdowns without an interception portion completing 19 of 30 attempts.

"When we scored, I was excited, but I was already telling people, 'Hey, 2!' And past I looked astatine Josh [McDaniels], and helium said it successful my headset ... from my view, I thought Josh [Jacobs] was in. I thought his genu stayed disconnected the ground.

"I mean, we're this adjacent from being up 31-30," added Carr, placing his hands inches apart.

Adams, meanwhile, said helium was "all-in" connected the telephone to spell for 2.

"You've got to bargain in; that's the lone mode you tin marque a play work," helium said aft catching 3 passes for 124 yards, with 2 TDs.

"You've got to beryllium for it. That's [the coaches'] occupation to marque that call, truthful I was good with it due to the fact that I felt we had a changeable to enactment it in."

McDaniels is conscionable 6-21 arsenic a caput manager since starting 6-0 with the Denver Broncos successful 2009.

"We had a chance," McDaniels said. "We had a just combat successful it. They played a small spot amended than we did. We gave ourselves an accidental to instrumentality the pb determination and enactment a small spot much other unit erstwhile they had the ball, thing much thing less, conscionable being assertive and trying to triumph the game. I cognize it was 4:30 [remaining successful the game] oregon immoderate the clip was, but our squad felt bully astir it and felt similar it was the close telephone astatine the close time."