Raiders can't make final play, fall in overtime to Jaguars

Las Vegas Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty (2) runs the ball during the first half of a NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Allegiant Stadium, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. Photo by: Wade Vandervort

Raiders quarterback Geno Smith dropped back into a clean pocket and spotted Tyler Lockett running alone in the back of the end zone.

He just couldn’t get the ball there.

Smith didn’t get enough height on his pass attempt, which was knocked down by Jaguars defensive tackle DaVon Hamilton to seal a victory for the visitors Sunday afternoon at Allegiant Stadium.

The failed two-point conversion attempt in the final seconds of overtime gave the Jaguars a 30-29 win over the Raiders.

The loss dropped Las Vegas to 2-6 on the season and meant they ruined one of the best games of star tight end Brock Bowers’ career.

The second-year player out of Georgia had 12 catches for 127 yards and three touchdowns in his first game back fully healthy since a Week 1 win over New England. Bowers scored both a go-ahead touchdown inside the two-minute warning of regulation and the possible game-winner in overtime before Smith botched the two-point conversion.

Raiders coach Pete Carroll told everyone Bowers was back to feeling like himself coming off a lingering knee strain in the days leading up to the Raiders’ game against the Jaguars.

But he had shared similarly optimistic reports in the last two months since Bowers got hurt so, in this case, seeing was believing for Raiders’ fans.

They all saw it against the Jaguars, as Bowers’ re-insertion after missing three games and being limited in three others lifted the Raiders’ offense to one of their best games since Smith and Carroll arrived.

Bowers also scored the game’s first touchdown when he went up to snag a high pass from Smith and narrowly landed inside the pylon right before halftime.

The Raiders’ defense held the Jaguars in check most of Sunday afternoon at Allegiant Stadium until it really mattered.

Jacksonville scored on its final four possessions, including a 4th-and-inches leap to break the plane by quarterback Trevor Lawrence in overtime. The ensuing extra point wound up being the game-winner.

As big of a performance as it was for Bowers, he was left as a mere secondary standout next to Jacksonville kicker Cam Little. The second-year player out of Arkansas made an NFL-record 68-yard field goal with relative ease before halftime for the Jaguars’ first points and then squeezed in a 48-yarder to force overtime with 16 seconds remaining.

Las Vegas had one play to try to get into range for kicker Daniel Carlson, but Smith took one of his two sacks on the day.

Smith finished with 284 yards and four touchdowns on 29-for-39 passing but, like the defense, couldn’t come through at the most important moment.

A Smith interception to start the second half put the Jaguars in position to tie the game at 6-6, and they later increased their third-quarter lead to 13-9 when Lawrence scored his first rushing touchdown.

But the Raiders responded, with Smith throwing his second touchdown pass — this one to running back Ashton Jeanty, who made Antonio Johnson miss and chugged 14 yards down the sideline to put the Raiders up 16-13.

Edge rusher Maxx Crosby put a frustrating, relatively unproductive day behind him two plays later by sacking Lawrence to set up a third-and-11 for Jacksonville with a deafening roar taking over Allegiant.

But the Jaguars hit their biggest play of the day, a 32-yard pass from Lawrence to No. 1 receiver Brian Thomas, and it was a glimpse of what was to come.

Jacksonville had no trouble moving the ball the rest of the day on Las Vegas, including on the 10-play, 44-yard scoring drive that took up around seven minutes of game time to start overtime.

Smith did his part in bringing the Raiders right back after a 51-yard kickoff return from Raheem Mostert with long completions to Bowers and Tre Tucker.

But his final pass wasn’t good enough.

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