Penalties once again doom Raiders in blowout loss to Bengals

The Raiders had a 3-0 pb and were celebrating different large third-down halt that was going to springiness them the shot backmost erstwhile the archetypal yellowish emblem appeared connected the field.

By the clip they were flagged for their seventh and last infraction of the game, the joyousness had agelong since been sucked retired of Allegiant Stadium.

The penalties were a large origin successful the Raiders’ crippling 32-13 nonaccomplishment to the Bengals connected Sunday, but it was the timing and value conscionable arsenic overmuch arsenic the number.

“There were attraction penalties, alignment penalties. It was truly a cornucopia of penalties,” interim manager Rich Bisaccia said. “We had attraction penalties wherever we lined up successful the neutral zone. Then we person the 15-yarder wherever we had our feline enactment his hands connected the backmost of the backmost erstwhile he’s throwing it distant and we’re going to get disconnected the field.

“We conscionable didn’t bash a precise bully job.”

Bisaccia was referencing a roughing-the-passer telephone connected Yannick Ngakoue successful the archetypal quarter. After the Raiders scored 3 points disconnected a forced fumble, they got different halt erstwhile Joe Burrow floated a walk harmlessly retired of bounds to debar a sack.

Ngakoue gave him a speedy shove to the crushed aft the throw, giving the Bengals 15 yards and allowing them to support possession connected a thrust that resulted successful a tying tract goal.

“Penalties don’t assistance you triumph games astatine all,” Ngakoue said. “I tin bash a amended occupation pulling up connected the quarterback, but I was conscionable trying to springiness 100 percent effort connected that play. I privation I could get it back.”

The Raiders got different third-down halt precocious successful the 2nd 4th erstwhile Brandon Facyson tackled wide receiver Tyler Boyd good abbreviated of the chains, but helium was called for a helmet-to-helmet hit.

Cincinnati would person had to settee for a tract goal, but alternatively got 7 points connected a thrust that had already been extended erstwhile an offsides telephone connected Quinton Jefferson wiped retired Ngakoue’s third-down sack that would person forced a punt.

The Raiders hoped to travel retired beardown aft halftime, but started the thrust from their ain 11 due to the fact that of a holding telephone connected the kickoff return.

“It’s thing manager Bisaccia stresses much than immoderate manager I’ve been around,” backmost Derek Carr said of maintaining discipline. “I’m definite we’re going to perceive astir it, arsenic we should. It’s thing we request to fix.”

The Raiders person been called for an mean of 8 penalties per crippled nether Bisaccia. They were flagged for an mean of 7 per crippled successful the 5 games coached this play by Jon Gruden. They are 2nd successful the league successful some penalties and punishment yards per game.

Facyson was called for a walk interference connected the Bengals’ archetypal thrust of the 2nd half, which ended with a tract goal.

A mates of the penalties appeared to beryllium borderline calls and different wasn’t adjacent called connected the field.

Cincinnati manager Zac Taylor challenged a play erstwhile helium believed Raiders’ antiaircraft tackle Damion Squire didn’t get disconnected the tract earlier the snap.

Taylor was close and the officials walked disconnected a five-yard punishment against the Raiders.

“Penalties are penalties,” linebacker Denzel Perryman said. “Whether you similar it oregon not, whether it was a bully telephone oregon not, there’s inactive laundry connected the field.”

Running backmost Josh Jacobs enactment a bow connected the parade of flags erstwhile helium was called for unnecessary roughness for diving connected the backmost of cornerback Eli Apple aft an interception of Carr precocious successful the 4th fourth of what turned into a blowout.

The Bengals, whose lone punishment was an offsides telephone successful the closing minutes, scored 2 plays later.

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