GREEN BAY, Wis. – In playoff football, overcoming the opponent is difficult enough without having to overcome your own mistakes.
Look at the Las Vegas Raiders from Saturday’s wild-card playoff loss at the Cincinnati Bengals. The Raiders outgained the Bengals by 75 yards. They ran the ball better and they were better on third down. Ultimately, it didn’t matter. Going minus-2 on turnovers, committing too many holding penalties and a huge blunder on special teams all had a hand in their season ending with a 26-19 loss.
The 33rd Team, the Web site operated by former NFL general manager Mike Tannenbaum, created a Discipline Index.