I'm pretty sure his comment was regarding you saying the Raiders were as short-handed as the Chargers --- which is complete lunacy by the way.
Let's just take McNeill and Jackson (two pro-bowlers) argument and compare them to McFadden (who was a marginal NFL running back to that point.
You don't even have to include the Chargers losing their long-snapper that, can be argued, directly led to three losses or losing their other starting WR for an extended period of time, or their 1st round draft pick running back, and the list goes on....