Gruden: “I Don’t Regret Calling it. I Do Regret the Results”

Head coach Jon Gruden takes responsibility for the three points given away at the end of the first half on Sunday.

It shouldn’t have been as tight of a game as it was on Sunday.

In the 31-26 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers, the Las Vegas Raiders should have been up by eight points at the end of the game.

It all winds back to the end of the first half. In the two-minute drill with 19 seconds left, head coach Jon Gruden decided to try to move the ball down the field to allow placekicker Daniel Carlson to boot one more through the uprights before halftime.

What ensued instead was a fumble by quarterback Derek Carr. The Chargers recovered a football and took a three-point lead, thanks to a 45-yard field goal kick by Michael Badgley with time running out.

Gruden takes responsibility for his coaching choices at the end of the half.

“No, again, that’s my call," Gruden told reporters after the game. "We scored with 25 seconds left against New England in the two-minute drill. If you look at the play, [tight end] Darren Waller is wide open. We had a big play to Waller. Unfortunately, the ball got knocked out. We wanted to try to get into long field goal range position with [kicker] Daniel Carlson and I don’t regret calling it. I do regret the results, that’s for sure.”

Gruden is a coach who takes responsibility for his actions. It wasn’t Carr’s fault or frankly the rest of the team.

It’s his playing style. He always wants to go for points even when most coaches might take the safer route.

Gruden doesn’t blame his players but he blames himself.

With that said, he himself said it.

“I don’t regret calling it.”

The Raiders will probably work on the same sort of situation in practice this week. Chances are, Gruden will call the same sort of plays again in similar situations this season.

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