That was Raiders owner Al Davis' response to fired coach Lane Kiffin instructing Sebastian Janikowski to attempt a 76-yard field goal against San Diego on Sept. 28.

One can only imagine Davis' response to Coach Tom Cable's trick play on a 43-yard field-goal attempt in the second quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.

Holder Shane Lechler fielded the snap, placed the ball on the ground and then flipped it between his legs in the general direction of Janikowski. The ball missed the mark, dropped to the turf and was scooped up by Kansas City's Maurice Leggett in full stride at the 33-yard line. Leggett scored untouched.

That represented a potential 10-point swing in a stunning turnaround that catapulted the Chiefs to a 20-13 victory at the Oakland Coliseum and virtually squashed the Raiders' playoff hopes.

"It's something that we've been working on all year," Cable said. "They were lined up exactly as we wanted them to. We just didn't execute. That was my decision and, obviously, it was not a good one."

Cable then passed on a 40-yard field-goal attempt on Oakland's ensuing possession in favor of a long pass for wide receiver Ronald Curry on a fourth-and-three play. Quarterback JaMarcus Russell's pass sailed over Curry in the end zone.

The Raiders had the ball for almost 11 minutes during that stretch and walked away without any points.

"That's Coach's decision," Russell said, when asked about the unconventional plays. "That's out of my hands. If they work, everybody will give (Cable) praise. Some of them worked today."

Cable stripped offensive coordinator Greg Knapp of his play-calling duties four games ago. He said he wanted to put his stamp on the offense.

Cable's imagination shined through, for better and worse, Sunday.

Cable called a short pass that Curry caught and pitched to running back Darren McFadden. The play netted 16 yards and set up a field goal, three plays after a reverse to Johnnie Lee Higgins for 7 yards.

Cable's daring played a huge hand in Oakland's overtime victory against the New York Jets on Oct. 19. He called a fake punt deep in Raiders territory on a play that netted 22 yards and a first down in a tie game in the fourth quarter.

Raiders cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha said he, like many of his teammates, had no idea the fake field goal was coming Sunday. His first inkling came when he saw Leggett headed toward the Chiefs' goal line.

"We do that in practice all the time, but I never knew that it was a real thing that we were going to attempt," Asomugha said. "When they told me that's what happened, that it wasn't a blocked field goal, I was a little surprised. But Cable owned up to that. He said that one was on him."

Long snapper Jon Condo said he, Lechler and Janikowski work on the play every Thursday and Friday.

"We never really had a problem with it," Condo said. "We put it in last year. It's something to mess around with. We were just waiting for the right time to run it."

Condo said Lechler, Janikowski and end Tony Stewart were the only players aware of the fake. The problem: Leggett caught on to the play quickly.

Leggett saw Janikowski run past Lechler, then waited for the play to unfold and pounced on the loose ball. By then, Stewart was downfield waiting to administer a block that wasn't needed.

So much for that wave of emotion the Raiders were riding after an impressive victory over the AFC West-leading Denver Broncos last week.

The Raiders dropped to 3-9, four games behind Denver. They need to win their final four games and have the Broncos lose their final four to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2002 season.

"Even though we were 3-8, we were still thinking that there was a chance that we could get to the playoffs," Asomugha said. "It hurts us because now it's pretty much out of the way."