As the Raiders broke their huddle with nine seconds left on the play clock, O'Connell clapped his hands as a signal for his teammates to line up quickly. With six seconds left on the clock, O'Connell stopped clapping and looked to his right to communicate with receiver Tre Tucker. When he looked to his left to do the same with receiver Jakobi Meyers, the ball was snapped. It deflected off his bicep, bounced around on the field and ricocheted off right tackle DJ Glaze into the waiting arms of Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton.
Just like that, the Raiders went from being in position to win to staring down their eighth straight defeat. All Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had to do from there was kneel out the clock to knock Las Vegas down to 2-10 on the season.
The Raiders' game-sealing fumble was a result of miscommunication. Right after O'Connell finished clapping, right guard Dylan Parham tapped rookie center Jackson Powers-Johnson. In their three games playing next to each other, there have been times Parham has done that as a signal for Powers-Johnson to snap the ball.
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