Raiders HC Pete Carroll responds to brewing quarterback controversy
Quite a few errors and turnovers in opposition to the Chicago Bears on Sunday led to the Las Vegas Raiders dropping to 1-3 on the season. The Raiders turned the ball over 4 occasions (three had been interceptions of Geno Smith) and had a possible game-winning area purpose blocked.
Following the sport, Raiders head coach Pete Carroll was requested if he was contemplating beginning Kenny Pickett in opposition to the Indianapolis Colts after Smith’s efficiency in opposition to the Bears.
“No. Nope. We’re not there,” Carroll stated.
The query appeared truthful for a crew that dropped two video games beneath .500 on the finish of September. Smith went 14-of-21 passing for 117 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions. He performed his worst recreation of the season in opposition to a banged-up Bears protection that was with out its prime two cornerbacks, Kyler Gordon and Jaylon Johnson.
Worse, the passing recreation ought to have been helped by an unbelievable speeding assault. Whereas the run recreation had been caught within the mud for the primary three weeks, rookie operating again Ashton Jeanty completed with 138 yards speeding, and the Raiders had 240 yards on the bottom on Sunday.
Las Vegas Raiders are sick after loss to Chicago Bears
Carroll stated Smith was “sick” about his play on Sunday as a result of it wasted a nice efficiency by Maxx Crosby and the protection.
“You possibly can’t anticipate to show the ball over like that and win,” Carroll stated. “It does not occur, however we overcame it as a result of the protection was so spectacular within the first half making these stops. They had been nice, and it gave us an opportunity. The rating might have been ridiculous after the primary quarter, but it surely wasn’t, and so we be taught. We develop, and we now have to do higher. I do know Geno [Smith] is sick.”
Smith has thrown for 948 yards, six touchdowns and 7 interceptions this season. He signed a two-year, $75 million contract extension in April after the Raiders despatched a third-round choose to the Seattle Seahawks for the quarterback.
In August, the Las Vegas despatched a fifth-round choose to the Cleveland Browns for Pickett, a former first-round choose by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
