Stop me if you’ve heard this one before – the Las Vegas Raiders have a problem at the linebacker position. For years, it seemed almost as if the Silver and Black were blatantly ignoring the off-ball linebacker. When the team hired Gus Bradley to be the defensive coordinator for Las Vegas back in 2021, Bradley …
Another season, another new set of defensive tackles for the Las Vegas Raiders. Not only have the Silver and Black not had the same two DTs start in back-to-back seasons since ’11 and ’12, but Johnathan Hankins is the only defensive tackle to start in any two years – whether back-to-back or not – since …
Can you believe it? The 18th-and-final week of [regular season] football is upon us already, with the Las Vegas Raiders’ ’22 schedule saving the toughest for last: Patrick Mahomes, and the Kansas City Chiefs. This will be the second-of-two contests between the two clubs this year, with the first ending in a 30-29 victory by …
The Las Vegas Raiders take on the vaunted Kansas City Chiefs offense once more in the 2022 season finale. The earlier matchup in this year’s series proved that the Raiders’ defense could slow down their rivals’ NFL-best passing offense. Ultimately, they held Patrick Mahomes and Co. to a bottom-five passing performance on the year, with …
The Derek Carr era has officially ended in Raider Land. Still, that doesn’t guarantee the Silver and Black will target a quarterback this offseason. As it turns out, the team’s next quarterback may already be on the roster. Enter Jarrett Stidham. Josh McDaniels was announced as the next head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders …
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The Las Vegas Raiders will add a quarterback via free agency or the NFL Draft this offseason. But because of the Derek Carr situation, the team’s salary cap situation is uncertain, so the April draft is a better choice. Presuming that the Raiders maintain their current top ten overall pick status, it puts the general …
Win City – that’s the phrase Las Vegas Raiders’ owner Mark Davis wants associated with the Silver and Black. Unfortunately, it’s difficult for such a slogan to be attached to a team with a 6-9 record. A win against the hottest team in the NFC can help turn that around, though. Iowa State quarterback Brock …
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Josh McDaniels and the Raiders head into halftime with a lead; what can go wrong? Saturday’s contest between the Las Vegas Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers was a special day – and not just because the game took place on Christmas Eve. This matchup fell on the week of the 50th anniversary of the famed Immaculate …
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For the second time since 2008, Josh McDaniels went head-to-head with Bill Belichick on the football field as equals. And, for the second time since ’08, McDaniels walked away the winner. Before arriving in Las Vegas as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, McDaniels spent a decade in New England as the offensive coordinator …
15 weeks of football have come and gone, leaving the Las Vegas Raiders on the outside of the playoff picture and looking in. Whether in Las Vegas or Oakland, the Raiders have made an art form of losing football games over the last two decades. During the organization’s ’22 campaign, this art form was taken …
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