Raiders coach Jon Gruden doesn’t regret strategy that backfired in loss

Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden is standing by his resolution to waste the clock and arrange a area objective as an alternative of going for the landing late in their loss to the Miami Dolphins on Saturday night.

Running again Josh Jacobs went down on the 1-yard line deliberately on second down, after which quarterback David Carr took a knee on third down, establishing a 22-yard area objective that gave the Raiders a 25-23 lead with 19 seconds left.

But the Dolphins had been in a position to get a 44-yard area objective of their very own due to a 34-yard cross and 15-yard roughing the passer penalty on the identical first-down play.

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“The play was to eliminate all the clock and all the timeouts and put them back with their back against the wall with 19 seconds left,” Gruden stated. “I don’t regret it. I didn’t want [Dolphins quarterback Ryan] Fitzpatrick to have the ball. … I didn’t want him to be in a four-down situation. He’s a gunslinger; he was hot. That’s all I can say. I don’t regret it one bit. I just regret the results.

“But 19 seconds left, by yourself 25-yard line, with no timeouts? I’ve referred to as performs a very long time. The likelihood of getting that carried out is distant.”

The result was a loss that eliminated the Raiders from playoff contention and has the Dolphins sitting in the seventh and final playoff spot in the AFC.

“Unfortunately, they made a desperation play and the penalty was horrific,” Gruden said.

“Fitzpatrick offers his guys probabilities that most quarterbacks do not take. He’s prepared to throw the soccer down the sector in tight home windows. … He acquired us.”