Pierce, who is in his first full season as the Raiders head coach, told members of the media that the Raiders believed referees had blown a whistle moments before the ill-fated fumble on the poorly timed snap. In the case of a whistle, the play in question would have been ruled dead.

Antonio Pierce said there wasn't anything he and his staff would have done differently on the fateful botched snap that resulted in a lost fumble with the Raiders in position for a potential game-winning field goal in Kansas City.