Las Vegas Raiders Thread

Its a new day in our Franchise.

It's groundhog day if Mark Davis insists on picking the next Head Coach! I hope he does it properly this time and gets someone competent to identify a new General Manager and then let the new GM pick the Coach. Davis' track record since taking over from his dad has been awful. And whoever comes in needs to be given a lot of time to sort things out - we have a lot of dead cap money between Garoppolo and Chandler Jones, not to mention the money Renfrow got for not playing! And then they have to figure out all the assistant and positional coaches - most of whom seem to be ex-Patriots. It's still going to be a ****-show for the next 2/3 years...

Have to say - I told you so.

I warned everyone on this forum that McDisaster cannot be anything other than McDisaster - he is like petulant child with a silver spoon in his mouth, piggy-backing on BB and Brady, who doesn't know how to behave in adult company.

Davis has admitted that he chose the last two head coaches before the selection process (which shows what he thinks of the Rooney Rule!) and that this time he won't prejudge the process. What's the bets that he's already locked in on Harbaugh!

Totally agree, we need to get the GM hire done first and let him/her(?) have the say in who will be the Head Coach. Whoever the GM and HC are, they need to set up a robust program of player and coach development in the organisation and they need to nail their first two drafts. If we can get a good, young QB and sort out the Offensive and Defensive Lines we could be in a strong position in a couple of years time.

Well that was a pleasant change! Playing hard on defense, running the ball and targeting Renfrow - the Raiders were well up for that game and the energy was apparent on the sidelines. Whether that is sustainable for the rest of the season remains to be seen and there are some really hard games ahead but it's going to be fun watching this team again.

Yep if they can repeat the effort levels against the Jets next week that would be good- I expect that to be a much more difficult game with the Jets D.

yeah when you see players smoking cigars after a midseason win to go 4-5 you know there was some friction with the previous setup.

Haven’t seen the game yet but looking at the reports from last night it went similar to what I thought. Defensive battle and not a lot of offense on show. Glad that we could hold on for the win but still finding it hard going in the passing game. Good to see Josh Jacobs getting over the 100 yds rushing.

I would expect a loss as well. But the manner of it will be interesting. Is the team competitive or is this a blow out like the east coast trip to Buffalo earlier this season or even the defeats in Chicago and Detroit. The one upside is at least the game will be warm weather. I often think the Raiders really seem to struggle going on the road to cold weather.

That was a very strange game. Our defense really stepped up and put the offense in some great positions throughout the game and Miami looked like it couldn't get any rhythm going even with Hill having over 100 yards receiving. But our offense was strangely passive and seemed to retreat into a McDaniels type of game with really conservative play calling. I think O'Connell held on to the ball too long and wasn't as accurate as he could have been but our OLine was quite porous and Josh Jacobs kept getting hit in the backfield, which took away the run option. Hopefully, the offense can step up in the next few games to match the intensity of the defense - there is no point in the Raiders becoming a conservative team now, it's time to really go for it and see what O'Connell is capable of in terms of next season and in terms of what type of player we need to draft.

I agree lads. It was heartening to see the Defense so competitive in the game, but the offense were really poor. AOC looked very much the rookie in this game and the O-Line really needs to step up against KCC. Kolton Miller looks like he will be back for the game and not a moment too soon. Next 3 games are home games, which is good. No travelling cross country for an early Eastern time zone game. I said before the game that it was more about effort and progression than the result and I say the same for this week. Defense did just that but the Offense really needs to step up and if Hardegee isnt up to calling plays then AP needs to take over.

I knew we werent going to stay with either Miami and KCC and it panned out as expected. One thing to note, in both games we flew out of the traps and played well for a Quarter and a half, then stalled. So AP has his team psyched up and ready to go. But the coaching staff need to improve in-game. As the opponents counter so we need to adapt and our coaching team doesnt seem to have figured it out yet. But the team (apart from Marcus Peters) is showing up and competing and that is good to see. We are better than either New York teams and not as good as the current AFC powerhouses. No surprise there. Now we have the bye week and the coaching team has 2 weeks to seriously prepare the team. I would hope that the Defense maintains its current competitiveness level and the Offense steps up. As Kev has said we havent scored enough points and that seriously needs to be remedied. We arent playoff bound but we can show that we are getting a lot better. One more thing, whatever happens about the Coaches, the General Manager has to be an inspired appointment. We are awful when it comes to drafting. I dont know if its the scouting Dept that is at fault or the owner meddling but we havent had a great draft in years. That really needs to change.

Both teams were so bad on Offense - it was a real hard watch. The interception at the end was a killer - really poorly thrown ball behind . A lot of work needed in the offseason on this time.

I am not so sure Antonio Pierce will get the HC job - defense has definitely responded but the offense if anything has gotten worse week on week. But given that we are still paying 2 head coaches back pay we may not have the finances to be too picky.

With Herbert out for the season who knows who will win that one! I don't see any other games on the schedule where we get a win. Its a good year to have a high draft pick if we want to go for a QB but there are so many issues across the roster I hope we can get a GM on board early to plan - expect to see some key players leave for draft capital - I would be surprised to see Davante Adams on the team next year.