SAN DIEGO -- Observed and heard in the Oakland Raiders locker room after a 13-6 loss to the San Diego Chargers.
When asked for words of wisdom after an 0-10 start, tackle Antonio Smith said: "What is that movie where they use the word precipice? It talks about where you're at your lowest, and you have to find the best in you to achieve what you want to achieve. Right now, that hope is just to win. As embarrassed as I am to say that, that's just what it is -- to just win." What it will take to get over the hump? "All year, we've been trying to figure that out," Smith said. "We fight every week, we come in the locker room and ask each other the same question that you just asked me, and I don't know the answers to that. I don't know the answers to what we need or what needs to happen to get over the hump. I'm a soldier that just wants to get over the hump. That's just it."
Justin Tuck couldn't put into words what an 0-10 start is like: "I won't even try. It's beyond anything I've got in my vocabulary, and my vocabulary is huge."
Running back Latavius Murray on if he deserves more playing time: "I hope so. I don't make those decisions. I just make sure I'm ready when my number is called. It's tough for everybody to [sit]. Everybody wants to play. I know I want to play. I just have to be patient, and when my number is called, go out there and execute. … I have to make sure I give them a reason to put me back in there."
Safety Charles Woodson could not draw positives from the game: "We lost. I don't want to get into any positives on one side of the ball. We did not get the win. It's all bad."
