November 8, 2026 - 8:03 pm

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — It won’t matter where, it won’t matter who, it won’t matter how the Las Vegas Raiders play so long as they give the football away.

Five times in a half of an NFL game.

“Not going to win, ever,” per coach Klint Kubiak — and definitely not Sunday at Levi’s Stadium.

With silver and black and red and gold scattered throughout the seats for their return to the Bay Area for the first time in the regular season since they relocated to Las Vegas, the Raiders fell behind 14-0 and gave the football away five times in the second half of an old-fashioned beatdown: 38-17, administered by the rival San Francisco 49ers.

In losing five of their last six games, quarterback Kirk Cousins threw three interceptions on passes all intended for Tre Tucker: a pick-6 but lollipopped to linebacker Jaden Dugger on the first play of the second half after fumbling a play-fake; an interception in the back right corner of the end zone thrown to Renardo Green atop the fourth quarter; and…