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Josh McDaniels: Field goal doesn't signal lack of confidence in Raiders offense

LAS VEGAS -- Trailing by eight points and facing fourth-and-4 at the Pittsburgh Steelers' 8-yard line with 2:25 to play, Las Vegas Raiders coach Josh McDaniels sent out his field goal team.

Less than a minute earlier, Las Vegas kicker Daniel Carlson had converted a 48-yarder, only for it to be negated by a Steelers penalty, putting the Raiders closer to the end zone.

"You have two choices there," McDaniels said after the Raiders fell to the Steelers, 23-18, on Sunday night. "You try to make it a five-point game (with the field goal), where you have an opportunity to win it with the touchdown if you get the ball back.