The Raiders’ Antonio Pierce stands ready to punt the ball late against the Chiefs

HENDERSON, Nev. – Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce gave a succinct answer Saturday. He was asked if there was anything he and his team would have done differently on the fateful botched snap that resulted in a lost fumble with the Raiders in position for a potential game-winning field goal at the Kansas City Chiefs the night before .

“No,” he said.

With the game clock stopped with 15 seconds to play and the Raiders trailing 19-17 at the Chiefs’ 32-yard line, quarterback Aidan O’Connell was scheduled to take a snap to buy more time before He threw the ball away and sent placekicker Daniel Carlson out for the 50-yard game-winner, Pierce said after the game. Carlson had previously missed three field goal attempts from 56, 55 and 58 yards.

However, a snap earlier, when O’Connell ran the ball relatively early in the game clock, the Raiders might have had more time off the clock.

Instead, and after getting out of scrimmage late and the game clock running out, O’Connell wasn’t looking with the shotgun as rookie center Jackson Powers-Johnson grabbed the ball after being tapped by right guard Dylan Parham. The football bounced off O’Connell’s upper right arm, and as he tried to jump for it on the frozen turf, the ball bounced off the left heel of right tackle DJ Glaze and Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton recovered the fumble.

Both O’Connell, who rushed for a career-high 340 yards with two touchdowns, and Powers-Johnson, who made his first start under center with O’Connell as QB, took credit for the game.

“Totally my fault,” O’Connell said.

“We didn’t fall short,” Powers-Johnson said. “I fell short.”

Adding to the chaos, an official ran into the huddle and signaled a false start for the Raiders, which would have given them a five-yard penalty and a 55-yard field goal attempt, but Las Vegas would have retained possession.

Instead, after the referees huddled together, referee Clay Martin announced the penalty was an illegal substitution and Kansas City declined to get the ball.

And the Raiders lost their eighth straight game and were 2-10 this season.

Pierce didn’t want to discuss how the penalty was scored and explained it immediately after the game. But on the Zoom call with beat reporters Saturday, Pierce said, “We heard a whistle on our sideline” that would have nullified the game.

When asked if the Raiders would express their opinion to the NFL, Pierce shrugged.

“Yeah, I mean like we normally do, we do it every game,” he said. “Typically between three and five questions are asked, and then within 24 to 36 hours we receive a letter that we read and learn from.”