{"id":15463,"date":"2024-11-30T15:06:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T15:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=15463"},"modified":"2024-11-30T15:06:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T15:06:26","slug":"video-raiders-qb-aidan-oconnell-reveals-whos-to-blame-for-the-teams-heartbreaking-loss-to-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=15463","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Raiders QB Aidan O\u2019Connell Reveals Who\u2019s To Blame For The Team\u2019s Heartbreaking Loss To Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/las-vegas-raiders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Las Vegas Raiders<\/a>\u00a0quarterback Aidan O\u2019Connell had a blunt and honest answer as to who should be blamed for the team\u2019s heartbreaking loss to the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>\u00a0on Black Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The 2-9 Raiders were close to upsetting the defending\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/super-bowl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Super Bowl<\/a>\u00a0champion Chiefs, thanks to a remarkable effort by the second-year quarterback. Aidan O\u2019Connell\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/boxscore\/_\/gameId\/401671806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">threw for<\/a>\u00a0340 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions in a 19-17 loss.<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas was in field range (at the Kansas City 32) for Daniel Carlson. Facing a 3rd-and-3 situation with 15 seconds left, O\u2019Connell couldn\u2019t corral the snap from center Jackson Powers-Johnson, and the Chiefs scooped up the ball to seal the win:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Raiders fumble it, the Chiefs recover it to seal the game \u203c\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LVvsKC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LVvsKC<\/a> on Prime Video<br \/>\nAlso streaming on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLPlus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFLPlus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WvNvUONRM5\">pic.twitter.com\/WvNvUONRM5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1862636803137614059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There was confusion for several moments, as everyone anxiously awaited the penalty call. The Raiders were flagged for an illegal shift, so the Chiefs\u2019 takeaway was upheld in a tight two-point win.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Aidan O&#8217;Connell : 23\/35 for a career-high 340 yards, 2 TD&#8217;s &amp; a 116.4 QB Rating (Game-ending lost fumble with 11 seconds left after the Center Andre James snapped the ball while O&#8217;Connell wasn&#8217;t looking) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WbMm7rPYqW\">pic.twitter.com\/WbMm7rPYqW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lee Harvey (@MusikFan4Life) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MusikFan4Life\/status\/1862648828521849301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After the game, Aidan O\u2019Connell pointed the finger at himself and shifted the blame away from Powers-Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s completely my fault,\u201d O\u2019Connell said, per Nick Walters of KTNV. \u201cJackson did exactly what he should have done, and I clapped too early\u2026there\u2019s nobody to blame but myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Raiders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Raiders<\/a> QB Aidan O&#8217;Connell takes the blame for the early snap that led to the Chiefs recovery<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s completely my fault&#8230; When I start clapping that tells Jackson (Powers-Johnson) basically to snap the ball. Jackson did everything he should&#8217;ve done. I clapped too early.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KTNV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KTNV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dTgUYB6OLY\">pic.twitter.com\/dTgUYB6OLY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Walters (@nickwalt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickwalt\/status\/1862650306980716625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-aidan-o-connell-gave-the-raiders-a-chance\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aidan O\u2019Connell Gave The Raiders A Chance<\/h2>\n<p>Aidan O\u2019Connell will be commended (as he should be) for refusing to blame his teammates in the loss. But it\u2019s also hard to put the blame on a quarterback who dominated one of football\u2019s best defenses and gave his team every opportunity to win, despite being vastly short-handed against the defending champs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-3\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p>Las Vegas is in the running for the first-overall pick. The fact that O\u2019Connell nearly led Vegas to victory should only inspire his confidence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Las Vegas Raiders\u00a0quarterback Aidan O\u2019Connell had a blunt and honest answer as to who should be blamed for the team\u2019s heartbreaking loss to the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0on Black Friday. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15465,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15463\/revisions\/15465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}