ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Alternately playful and, as he put it, "depressed and tired," Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden doubled down on his third-quarter decision Sunday to do a play-action pass rather than hand off to Marshawn Lynch on first-and-goal from the 1-yard line at the Los Angeles Chargers.
"It won't be the last pass I call on first-and-goal, either," Gruden said. "I think that's the best time to throw down there. I regret that it was intercepted. Turns out to be a horrible call. But we were down 20-3, Melvin Ingram is their middle linebacker in a jammed front, I want to throw a play-action pass on the 1-foot line.