Quality FA Vets That GM Dave Ziegler Should Consider Right Now
With training camp in full swing, the Las Vegas Raiders and their general manager, Dave Ziegler, should still do their due diligence and pick up some additional help right now.
With training camp in full swing, the Las Vegas Raiders and their general manager, Dave Ziegler, should still do their due diligence and pick up some additional help right now.
The Las Vegas Raiders start their preseason against the San Francisco 49ers on August 13th. No, this article isn’t part of my continued campaign to drastically reduce the cost of preseason tickets. Instead, let’s turn our attention to this ever-evolving Las Vegas roster. After a long break, Josh McDaniels and Co. turned numerous glaring holes in the personnel into, well, less glaring holes. Sure, particular position groups are more fleshed out than they were entering the 2022 season, but depth does not equate to results.
With training camp here, let’s examine and break down a Las Vegas Raiders record prediction, game by game.
In 2022, the new-look Las Vegas Raiders‘ front office looked to add youth they believed in to long-standing positions of need. This included two consecutive late-round picks at defensive tackle: Matthew Butler and Neil Farrell Jr. The duo, selected by general manager Dave Ziegler, brings a bit of “Yin and Yang” to the Silver and …
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The Las Vegas Raiders have had two winning seasons and 10 different head coaches over the last 20 years. In that timeframe, the fanbase has been forced to witness a litany of first-round draft busts. On top of that, the organization has bungled cap space along with several epic collapses. Oh, and more broken promises …
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With the 2023 NFL Draft in our rear-view mirror and minicamps in the not-so-distant future, the Las Vegas Raiders still have a few burning roster questions to answer. If this offseason feels eerily similar to the introduction of general manager Dave Ziegler and head coach Josh McDaniels, that’s because it is – one could argue …
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The 2023 NFL Draft delivered three unpredictable days of intrigue, shocking trades, head-scratching selections, and the inevitable post-draft grades before a single selection had even taken a professional snap. Of course, the Las Vegas Raiders were no exception to this. While no one is immune to the allure of calling a draft class terrible as …
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The Las Vegas Raiders came into the 2023 NFL Draft with a litany of needs to address. Equipped with a ‘best player available’ mindset, general manager Dave Ziegler and head coach Josh McDaniels traded up early in the second round to select Notre Dame tight end Michael Mayer. While defense was a major concern for …
For the first time since 2014, the Las Vegas Raiders will begin training camp without Derek Carr. Las Vegas opted to cut the nine-year veteran and sign former Josh McDaniels protege Jimmy Garoppolo. That’s right, the Silver and Black are now led by a QB who hasn’t taken the field without a quality defense since …
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With Day 1 of the 2023 NFL Draft upon us, let’s analyze a couple of predictions for Las Vegas Raiders GM Dave Ziegler in this pivotal year.