Raiders crushed as botched snap kills upset bid

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Paul Gutierrez, ESPN Staff WriterNov 29, 2024, 08:56 PM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A lot went down in the last 15 seconds of the Las Vegas Raiders ‘ heartbreaking 19-17 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Friday — all of it bad for the visitors, who dropped their eighth straight game to fall to 2-10 on the season.

Las Vegas was on the verge of upsetting the Chiefs, who were 13½-point favorites on ESPN BET. After spiking the ball at the Kansas City 32-yard line with 16 seconds left, the Raiders had a third-and-3 and were already well within place-kicker Daniel Carlson ‘s range. Carlson, though, already had missed three field goal attempts in the game from 56, 55 and 58 yards.

Still, Raiders coach Antonio Pierce wanted to run one more play — a pass to be thrown away so that Las Vegas, which was out of timeouts, could eat more time off the clock before giving the ball back to the Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes .

Instead, disaster struck for the Raiders.

With the Raiders lined up in shotgun and the play clock at 4 seconds, rookie center Jackson Powers-Johnson — after being tapped by right guard Dylan Parham — snapped the ball to an … Read More