HENDERSON, Nev. -- It was in the still of a locker room as exasperated as it was somber in steamy Jacksonville on Nov. 6, after the Las Vegas Raiders had blown a 17-plus-point lead for the third time this season, where a besieged Raiders player shuffled his way to an incoming reporter.
"What's happening?" the player asked. "What's wrong with us?"
The player, a key member of the team, said since he couldn't figure it out, he wanted a take from an outsider.
What's happening?
A week later, the season having reached its nadir with a stunning home loss to a struggling Indianapolis Colts team in chaos, tears flowed.