The Las Vegas Raiders didn’t do anything right against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 7. On top of looking completely listless on offense and defense, the team committed eight penalties for 58 yards.
The worst one of the game was when starting left tackle Stone Forsythe hit Chiefs defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott, which led to him having to be helped off the field. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Norman-Lott tore his ACL and is out for the season.
The NFL doesn’t take kindly to players getting injured on unecessary roughness penalties. A couple of weeks ago, Raiders safety Tristin McCollum hit Indianapolis Colts kicker Spencer Shrader late, which caused a torn ACL and MCL. He was fined $5,722 by the NFL for the hit.
Forsythe should be expecting an even stiffer fine from the NFL, considering how late the hit came. Some fans are calling for his suspension, but that’s unlikely. He will almost certainly recieve a fine, but it’s hard to see the league suspending him.
This is a big blow to Norman-Lott and the Chiefs. He was a second-round pick in this year’s draft and was carving out a key role. He’ll now have to wait until next season to get a chance to get abck on the field.
Pete Carroll Talks Chiefs Loss
The Raiders can’t seem to do anything right this season. With the 31-0 loss to the Chiefs, Las Vegas is now 2-5 heading into the bye week.
Things are looking bleak for the franchise. While the defense couldn’t stop the Chiefs, the offense put together a historically bad performance. Head coach Pete Carroll lamented the poor showing in Week 7.
“We had the ball 10 snaps in the first quarter because we couldn’t make a first down and couldn’t stop them,” Carroll told reporters after the game. “It’s just not one thing. We came into this game really wanting to run the football, figuring that would be a key element of the makeup of this game, but we just couldn’t get there.
“We didn’t change our mind about that at all. We didn’t miss that thought. We just couldn’t be in charge of the down and distance well enough. It was a storm.”
Raiders Have to Do Some Soul Searching
The Raiders are hitting a critical point of their season. They’ve managed to win two games, but have been outright embarrassed in three of their five losses. The Raiders weren’t projected to be an amazing team this season, but even the biggest pessimist couldn’t have predicted them to be this bad.
Quarterback Geno Smith has been a massive dissapointment for the team and he knows the team has to look inward.
“There’s a lot of soul searching that needs to be done,” Smith said.
“I’m upset that we aren’t the team that I envision us being yet. … Tough losses like this should be a gut check and make you lock in with your teammates. … Thirty-one to nothing is embarrassing. We put too much into this game to come out here and not have a shot. My heart is broken for the Raiders fans.”
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