The Raiders keep finding ways to lose games, and on Sunday, offensive coordinator Luke Getsy went deep into his bag tricks to find an inexplicable formation to essentially close out the game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
With just over 8 minutes remaining in the game and the Raiders trailing 20-13, the offense faced a 2nd and 3 that resulted in a Gardner Minshew fumble that was recovered by the Chiefs.
The fumble was bad, but the formation was even worse.
It looked like a typical formation in live action, but with a closer look you can see the Raiders had offensive tackle Thayer Munford split wide as a wide receiver.
In what situation would the Raiders gain any kind of schematic advantage by lining up a 6’6, 315-pound offensive tackle as an outside receiver?
At some point, the Raiders are going to have to get serious and make a major adjustment on offense.
Getsy might not be everything that’s wrong with the offense, but NFL insider Tony Pauline wrote a column prior to Sunday’s game that pinned most of the blame on the first-year coordinator.
“League sources have blasted offensive coordinator Luke Getsy and tell me he is responsible for the poor play of the unit he oversees,” Pauline reported on Saturday.
“The inconsistency of quarterbacks Aidan O’Connell and Gardner Minshew has reminded many of Getsy’s past,” Pauline continued. “The prior two seasons, Getsy held the same position with the Chicago Bears and was bashed for his inability to develop Justin Fields, the 2021 first-round pick the team traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers this offseason for a sixth-round pick.”
Safe to say, Sunday’s game didn’t do anything to silence the growing number of Getsy’s doubters.
