Jakobi Meyers made no excuses for his role in the shocking play that ended Sunday's game between the New England Patriots and Las Vegas Raiders with no time left.

Meyers' careless lateral attempt was caught by Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones and returned 48 yards for the game-winning touchdown as time expired.

"Just trying to do too much, trying to be a hero, I guess," Meyers said. "I thought I saw Mac [Jones] open. I didn't see Chandler Jones at the time. I thought [Mac] was open and tried to get it to him, and let him try to make a play with it. But the score was tied, so I should have went down."

Why the Patriots were lateraling at all in a tie game was a surprise, as players said that wasn't what was supposed to happen.

The Patriots had the ball at their 45-yard line with three seconds left and the score tied at 24. Meyers said the instructions in the huddle were straight-forward: "Just run the ball, go down."

Rhamondre Stevenson picked up 23 yards on a draw play, then lateraled back to Meyers at around the Raiders' 40-yard line. That was the catalyst for Meyers' own mistake, a lateral more than 10 yards behind him.

"It's not his fault," Meyers said of Stevenson. "He gave me the ball because he trusted me. I have to be smarter with it."

Stevenson took accountability, saying: "The coaches gave us a play just to kind of run the time out, just get down. I feel like I should have did just that. The playcall is just a draw play and nothing more, nothing less than that. I'm supposed to know the situation, I'm supposed to know how much time is on the clock. Critical situations. I failed to do that today."