HENDERSON, Nev. -- Las Vegas Raiders offensive coordinator Chip Kelly defended his playcalling Thursday, a day after coach Pete Carroll critiqued the offense by saying it should run the ball more and incorporate more play action.
"I mean, that's what our game plan is every game," Kelly said.
"When you get in the second half, that skews. But we had 25 attempts last week in the game (a 40-6 loss to the Indianapolis Colts ). There was real balance in the first half of the football game when it was a close game. I think it gets out of hand, so when you look at some of the numbers, I think we had 25 rushing attempts and 36 passing attempts at the end of the day. But in the first half, it was really even."
Against the Colts, Geno Smith completed 25-of-36 passes for 228 yards and two int