Jack Jones disputes offsides call on key Colts FG in Raiders loss - ESPN

INDIANAPOLIS — Jack Jones lined up on the left side of the Las Vegas Raiders' defensive line and put a hand on the ground. He watched Indianapolis Colts long-snapper Luke Rhodes' movement with the ball to better time his «get-off» on the snap. Then a horizontal Jones dove at and nearly got a hand on Matt Gay's 50-yard field goal attempt and exhaled as the football bounded off the right upright.

No good.

The Raiders, trailing at the time by a touchdown with 3:20 to play in a game they needed to win to stay alive in the playoff chase, would get the ball at their own 40-yard line.

Except ...

Jones was flagged for being offsides.

Even as replays seemed to show Jones moving with the ball being snapped.

Gay made the ensuing 45-yard field-goal attempt and the Raiders would eventually fall 23-20, and, falling to 7-9 on the season, find themselves eliminated from the postseason race for the 19th time in the past 21 seasons.

Jones claimed he was not offsides, again saying he timed his get-off to go with the snap. When pressed that he must have been lined up offsides, he said he was not, that he had checked with the side judge before the snap.

Jones even took to social media to show video of his 'get-off' on the play, saying, "… on to next week… watch the tape."