When the Raiders were trying to pull out a win in Chicago in the fourth quarter over the weekend, they went with Roy Helu as their running back rather than Latavius Murray.
Murray had a rough day against the Bears up to that point. He gained 49 yards on 16 carries, lost a fumble and couldn’t reel in a pass that wound up being intercepted, but coach Jack Del Rio said Monday that Murray wasn’t benched. Del Rio chalked it up to “different plays that we run with different players at different times of the game” and said the team’s confidence in Murray remained high.
“I remain confident,” Del Rio said. “We have some good young players. None of us our perfect. We all are capable of making mistakes. I think the sooner you own up to mistakes, the quicker you can put them behind you and move forward.”
Murray didn’t waste much time owning up to his errors on Sunday.
“Me having those two turnovers hurt us a lot,” Murray said, via the San Jose Mercury News. “We’ve just got to find a way to win the tight games. I’ll play better.”
Murray should get his chance to do that against Denver this week as the Raiders try for their first AFC West win of the season.