{"id":89578,"date":"2025-11-27T14:22:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/geno-smith-apologizes-for-obscene-gestures-at-fans-after-raiders-loss-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T14:22:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:22:49","slug":"geno-smith-apologizes-for-obscene-gestures-at-fans-after-raiders-loss-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nfl\/geno-smith-apologizes-for-obscene-gestures-at-fans-after-raiders-loss-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Geno Smith Apologizes for Obscene Gestures at Fans After Raiders Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Geno Smith Apologizes for Obscene Gesture to Raiders Fans<\/h2>\n\nLas Vegas Raiders quarterback Geno Smith offered apologies after making an obscene gesture to the fans after the 24-10 loss against the Cleveland Browns at Allegiant Stadium.\n\nVideos of the incident, which captured Smith&#8217;s action, circulated widely on social media after the match.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;I want to apologize to the fans and to the Raider Nation,&#8221; Smith stated on Wednesday. &#8220;I made a bad decision out of frustration. And that&#8217;s no excuse. I have to be better and hold myself to a higher standard. In that moment, I didn&#8217;t. I am very sorry and deeply regret having done it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<cite>Geno Smith<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nSmith added: &#8220;I just want you to know that those things won&#8217;t happen again on my part.&#8221;\n\nSmith was sacked 10 times in the Raiders&#8217; fifth straight loss, leaving them with a 2-9 record on the season. Previously, fans booed the veteran quarterback during pre-game introductions.\n\nThe team issued a statement expressing their disappointment at Smith&#8217;s actions and stating that the incident has been discussed with the player, showing the utmost respect for the fans.\n\nIn August, Smith and Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby were caught on video making an obscene gesture to Seattle Seahawks fans before the start of the preseason. A fan appeared to provoke the players by displaying a sign that read: &#8220;Biggest bust: Geno or JaMarcus Russell?&#8221;\n\nSmith has struggled in his first season in Las Vegas. He has thrown for 2,367 yards, 13 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, tied for the most in the league. He has also been sacked 41 times, the second most in the NFL.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geno Smith Apologizes for Obscene Gesture to Raiders Fans Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Geno Smith offered apologies after making an obscene gesture to the fans after the 24-10 loss against the Cleveland Browns at Allegiant Stadium. Videos of the incident, which captured Smith&#8217;s action, circulated widely on social media after the match. &#8220;I want to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[8857,3129,2631,9579],"class_list":{"0":"post-89578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-excuse-me","9":"tag-geno-smith","10":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","11":"tag-obscene-gesture"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}