CHICAGO – Latavius Murray hasn’t played many NFL games. Most of them have been positive experiences, with solid performances as the norm over his young career.

Sunday’s effort does not belong in that category. This was a showdown Murray would rather forget. The third year pro averaged just 3.1 yards per carry, was a non-factor in the passing game and made two massive mistakes in a 22-20 loss to the Chicago Bears and Soldier Field.

He let a Derek Carr pass clank off his chest and get intercepted in the first half, and fumbled an easy pitch in the fourth quarter. The interception happened deep in Raiders territory, and the Bears turned it into a field goal. Charles Woodson intercepted a pass that ended a drive following his fumble.

Three points were costly in this 2-point game.

“It starts with turnovers,” Murray said. “I was at the root of two of those. It’s hard to win like that.”

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Murray is typically good with the football, but said he took his eyes off the ball during each of his miscues. He didn’t come back on the field after the fourth-quarter fumble, but head coach Jack Del Rio said Murray didn’t get benched for Roy Helu.

Murray was upfront about his role in the loss, which should be seen as a missed opportunity.

“Me having those two turnovers hurt us a lot,” Murray said. “We gave ourselves a chance, but we have to find a way to win these tight games. I’ll play better and keep my head up going back to work this week.”

The running game never took off or produced the big plays generated in recent weeks.

“We had some good runs in there, but we didn’t move it as well as we did last week,” Murray said. “We have to keep pushing and make plays.”

The Raiders are confident that Murray will keep pushing and producing and that this game will be an outlier in a strong season.

“It’s not his fault that we lost,” Helu said. “We had a fourth down we could’ve stopped them on during that game-winning drive. I could’ve gotten the three yards we needed on 3rd down there at the end of the game when we settled for a field goal. We’ll rally around him, because it really stinks when things don’t go your way.”