When you take a brutal loss in the NFL, you can rage. You can sulk. You can sling equipment or destroy furniture. You can be a smartass, or you can be contemplative. But the one thing you absolutely cannot do is laugh, a lesson San Diego Chargers kicker Josh Lambo learned after Sunday’s loss to the Oakland Raiders.

Down 34-31, Lambo was set up to kick a potential tying field goal, but a botched snap killed any chance of that. Immediately after the game, as the Chargers writhed in various states of postgame agony, CBS cameras caught Lambo merrily chatting it up with his counterpart, Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski. The joy didn’t sit well with several of his teammates and coaches, and head coach Mike McCoy addressed the issue on Monday.

“Everybody on your team is looking at you and looking at everything you do at all times,” McCoy told the San Diego Union-Tribune. “When a teammate sees you in a situation like this and you get caught, laughing it up, people take it differently. Everybody is different. Some players will look at it and say, ‘It’s not a big deal.’ Other players, it pisses you off. You were involved in a critical play in the game, and it wasn’t executed properly, and we lost. Just understand what it means.”

Lambo could point to the fact that, unlike quite a few other kickers in the NFL, he’s damn near perfect this season, going 9-of-10 on field goals and 17-of-18 on extra points. But, yeah, you can understand why grins aren’t much welcome when you’ve just blown yet another game.

Look, we’re sure Lambo is indeed dedicated to the cause and was not laughing at his team’s misfortune. But given the Chargers are now 1-4 and could easily be 4-1 or better, maybe Lambo was just laughing to keep from crying.

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Jay Busbee is a writer for Yahoo Sports and the author of EARNHARDT NATION, on sale now at Amazon or wherever books are sold. Contact him at jay.busbee@yahoo.com or find him on Twitter or on Facebook.