ALAMEDA — After taking a few days to think about, Jack Del Rio would liked to have done things differently on a key third-and-1 play in the Raiders’ road loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

With Derek Carr uncharacteristically struggling with his passing and the running game doing damage, Del Rio openly second-guessed the Raiders’ decision to pass the ball.

“I would have liked to have seen us play a little more big boy ball in that game, with the weather, (and) the fact that (Derek) was having an off night,” Del Rio said Monday at his weekly press conference.

The Raiders had their six-game win streak snapped 21-13 but were a touchdown and two-point conversion away from a tie with 2:06 remaining Thursday when faced with a third-and-1 at the Kansas City 14-yard line.

Carr, who had been off target most of the night, threw an incomplete pass intended for Andre Holmes on a fade to the right corner of the end zone. Then on fourth-and-1, right tackle Austin Howard was called for a false start, pushing the ball back to the 19 on fourth-and-6.

Carr threw incomplete to Seth Roberts on the left side, and that was the ballgame.

At that point, Latavius Murray had gained 103 yards on 22 carries and Jalen Richard had 25 yards rushing on that drive alone.

“We had three third-and-ones during the game, and the first two we ran it and got it,” Del Rio said. “It would have made a lot of sense to run it right there.”

Offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave is the Raiders play-caller. Del Rio said when he heard the play call in his headset, he considered using a time out to reconsider and run the ball instead.

However, the Raiders had already used a time out, and Del Rio said he didn’t want to use another. So he decided to go ahead with the pass, figuring the opportunity would be there on fourth-and-1 to run the ball.

“I let the play ride and thought we’d be able to get it on the next snap,” Del Rio said. “It’s one of those things, you play the game, you get these opportunities, and look back . . . at the end of the day, that was one, as a staff, we would have really liked to hand the ball off.”

The fourth-and-1 play, Del Rio said, was on a “delayed cadence,” with Howard getting the false start.

“That was one of several missed opportunities throughout the game,” Del Rio said.

As for Carr, who was 17 of 41 for 117 yards, Del Rio is expecting a solid game Sunday against San Diego.

“I’m not worried about Derek,” Carr said. “He’ll bounce back.”