NEW ORLEANS -- First-year Raiders coach Josh McDaniels, fresh from a lengthy postgame meeting with team owner Mark Davis after Las Vegas' first shutout loss in nearly eight years, was only five words into his media conference when the room went dark.
Someone had leaned on a light switch.
The lights going out was a perfect metaphor for the Raiders' showing in the 24-0 defeat to the Saints. And McDaniels took the blame.
"I apologize to Raider Nation for that performance and, again, I own that," McDaniels said. "That's my responsibility.
"If you're going to point a finger, point it at me.