Crosby, Raiders Shift Focus After Monday Night Letdown

LAS VEGAS, Nev. --The Las Vegas Raiders' defense has had a solid start to the season, routinely doing their part to give the Raiders a chance to win games. Even in their lopsided loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday, the Raiders defense held a talented offense to just 20 points.

Raiders star defensive end Maxx Crosby spoke before practice on Wednesday.

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Carroll spoke following Monday's loss. Below is a partial transcript.

Q: Geno Smith tonight, a couple times, obviously, looked like he was limping. Did his health have anything to do his performance?

Coach Carroll: "No. He was alright. He took off and ran and made some yards too. There was a little something from last week, but it wasn't bothering him. He was okay. He made it through all the tests and all of that. So I think he'll feel more confident as he goes out again, comes back and maybe push it, but I don't think that was a big, big issue tonight." 

Q: Going back to your first answer on Geno Smith and the interceptions, just in general, overall, his decision making tonight. Your thought process on it? He took a couple of shots, whether he wanted to or not, but just overall, his decision making. Second, with Brock Bowers coming in banged up, little limited, did that play a role in play calling and maybe adjustments in terms of targeting? 

Coach Carroll: "I got to talk to Chip [Kelly] about that. We were concerned about him, practiced one day during the week, and he seemed okay and all that. But you saw us go to him more in the second half because he survived the first half and made it through it. I thought like we were impatient with the throwing game, and that's why the ball went down the field so far. 

“And I don't think we needed to do that. But again, I don't want to talk too much until I see the film about the specifics of that, but it's disappointing. I know that the picks are a big issue, but that's not my concern. My concern is why we didn't get the bulk thrown and caught underneath, and we wound up taking those shots."