The Las Vegas Raiders suffered a 15-9 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football. Coach Josh McDaniels addressed the team's struggles, highlighting turnovers, situational execution, and penalties as key areas for improvement.
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The Las Vegas Raiders lost to the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football, 15-9. Punter AJ Cole has been a key player for the Raiders' special teams. As one of the league's best punters, he helped the Silver and Black gain good field position defensively against the Falcons . However, the Raiders ultimately lost. Cole spoke from the locker room:Q: I saw that Aidan O'Connell went through an on-field workout before the game yesterday.
Do you feel like he's in line to be able to get back out there against Jacksonville, or has Desmond Ridder earned a chance to get another start? Coach Pierce: 'Yeah, he had a good workout. Just wasn't there quite yet to put him out there in that position. So, we kept him as emergency quarterback, and I would say he's trending upwards to play this week.' Q: As you watch these losses all come from a multiplicity of reasons, is there something behind the multiple different reasons that you're putting your finger on and identifying? Coach Pierce: 'The number one problem is turnovers. Number two would be execution in situational football, third down and red zone on both sides of the ball, and then penalties. Those are things that's kind of been an outlier throughout, but that's not to say that that's been the case in each and every game. There's been moments where we've had really good moments on third down and in the red zone. Go back a couple weeks against Kansas City we held them to 1-of-5. Last night, on third down, we did a really good job versus Atlanta. But then there's other opportunities where, again, we have an opportunity and we get a turnover, or a play and got the ball at midfield, and we're not taking advantage of those. Opportunities that we could offensively put points on the boar
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