It was a tough night for Jon Gruden and the Las Vegas Raiders against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium. The Raiders suffered their first loss of the season, 28-14, finally looking mortal on offense.

In addition to the loss, Gruden wasn't happy with a taunting penalty called against star tight end Darren Waller. The Raiders tight end was flagged for spiking a ball after a catch along the Chargers' sideline, but he didn't aim the spike at any players and wasn't even looking at them:

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After the game, Gruden went off on the call, via PFT's Michael David Smith:

“I don’t understand the taunting. I hate taunting. I think it’s ridiculous,” Gruden said. “I think what happens after an interception or a touchdown, we allow these celebrations, I consider that taunting. I don’t understand what happened over there on the Chargers’ sideline. But the official made the call, we have to deal with it. We couldn’t get any momentum going. That didn’t help us.”

It's somewhat unclear if Gruden hates the entire point of emphasis on taunting penalties this season or if he's actually in favor of it but just hated this specific call. Perhaps he would just like to see actual taunting like those elaborate celebrations called as flags while letting most of the other stuff go.

Either way, this call against Waller was ridiculous, and there have been a number of silly taunting flags already this season. The new rule has drawn plenty of criticism and is truly silly. While there is a line that needs to be drawn when it comes to taunting, a lot of the stuff that gets called these days is just harmless trash talk and guys having fun. It's pure No Fun League stuff, and let's hope changes are made to the rule in the future.