As the Raiders season comes to an end, there’s more work in front of them

Jarrett Stidham, in his second NFL start, played to the best of his abilities despite heavy pressure from the Chiefs defense. He threw for 219 yards, a touchdown and an interception, while also leading the team in rushing yards (50).

In three games played this season, the former Auburn Tiger had recorded 656 passing yards with a 4:3 touchdown to interception ratio. He accounted for 84 rushing yards as well.

“Honestly, I think we kind of just shot ourselves in the foot,” Stidham said following the loss. “My interception, my fumble, I think is more self-inflicted. I thought we moved the ball pretty well throughout the majority of the game. There were just a couple times we kind of shot ourselves in the foot.”

“I just tried to be ready for my opportunity these last two weeks and try to take full advantage of it,” added Stidham. “That’s all I could do. That’s all I can control.”

While Stidham was critical of his play following the game, his head coach had some encouraging words on No. 3’s two games in the starting quarterback role.

“I thought he did some good things and there’s plenty to learn from,” McDaniels said. “I think that any young players who’s playing his first or second game in the NFL, there’s going to be a lot of things that you do that you haven’t experienced before. I thought that he learned some things last week, he learned more things today. I thought he hung in there and made some good throws as the game wore on. Gave us an opportunity on some things.”