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The Las Vegas Raiders were getting their butts handed to them by a bad Chicago Bears team Sunday when Raiders coach Josh McDaniels made an interesting decision. Down by 18 points, McDaniels decided to kick a field goal on fourth down instead of going for it from the 6-yard line. The decision isn’t getting much […]

We have a Las Vegas Raiders Week 7 game scheduled against the Chicago Bears. The Raiders are coming off a hard-fought victory over the New England Patriots in Week 6. The Raiders will travel to Soldier Field to take on the Bears in Week 7. This game will be a crucial one for both teams. […]

It’s never too early to start looking at which NFL head coaches might be on the hot seat. As we head into Week 7, there are already plenty of reasons to debate which coaches may or may not be roaming the sideline not just this time next season but perhaps even by the season’s end. […]

The Las Vegas Raiders have been staying afloat in playoff contention for the past few games. But, a lot of their games are won by the secondary. This is with Maxx Crosby leading the helm in the field and Josh McDaniels taking care of their schematics. Their recent win against the New England Patriots proved […]

The Las Vegas Raiders have surprisingly moved to second in the AFC West after defeating the New England Patriots 21-17 Sunday. As the Raiders move to 3-3 coming off back-to-back wins, defensive end Maxx Crosby was glowing about his coach, Josh McDaniels. “Coach McDaniels has done an awesome job and the guys love him,” Crosby […]

Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo exited the team’s Week 6 game versus the New England Patriots with a back injury. The QB was taken to a hospital after suffering the ailment. Josh McDaniels provided an important injury update on Garoppolo Monday, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. “#Raiders coach Josh McDaniels tells reporters that […]

The popular moniker goes, ‘What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas,’ but from the sounds of it, two current Raiders may not be staying in Vegas much longer. The Las Vegas Raiders are the textbook example of a team in transition, and that could mean plenty of moves are on the horizon, including parting way with […]

The Las Vegas Raiders managed to sneak past the Green Bay Packers in Week 5 with a victory to push their record on the year to 2-3, and they will hope to carry that momentum over into Week 6 when they take on the New England Patriots. Josh McDaniels’ latest injury update on starting cornerback […]

New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones received a ton of criticism for his performance over the last couple of weeks, but Josh McDaniels has his back. The former Patriots offensive coordinator turned Las Vegas Raiders coach had some kind words to say of the player he coached for one season. Ahead of Sunday’s matchup between […]

The Las Vegas Raiders moved to 2-3 with a 17-13 win over the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football, but the Raiders continued to struggle on offense, and Josh McDaniels was blunt when talking about the unit’s performance. “We’ve got to do a lot of things a little bit better,” Josh McDaniels said, via […]

The New England Patriots are traveling to face the Las Vegas Raiders this week, meaning that Bill Belichick will go against his former disciple Josh McDaniels, and with the game looming, McDaniels downplayed the storylines. “The horse is dead,” Josh McDaniels said, via Vic Tafur of The Athletic. It is clear that McDaniels does not […]

Las Vegas Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels is catching heat from frustrated Raiders fans, who are now beginning to call the team’s front office to let him go. In fact, at least one fan went directly to the top of Las Vegas’ food chain and told team owner Mark Davis to fire McDaniels during Week […]

Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo missed the team’s Week 4 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers with a concussion. Rookie Aidan O’Connell started in his place and took seven sacks — including six from Khalil Mack — on the way to another Las Vegas loss. On Monday, Raiders head coach Josh McDaniel said Jimmy […]

It’s been tough to totally focus on the start of the Las Vegas Raiders 2023 season with all of the Chandler Jones drama taking place off the field for the team currently. Nobody really knows what’s going on with Jones, but he has continued to go on strange social media rants, almost always taking shots […]

Maxx Crosby is making his presence known for the Raiders amid the team’s poor start. The Raiders have begun the season with a 1-2 record but fans have grown restless with some of the unsavory aspects of what has been happening on the field thus far. Las Vegas agreed to a contract with a former […]

Josh McDaniels is the head coach for the Las Vegas Raiders. He started as a wide receiver at John Carroll University, but his playing career quickly ended. He joined Michigan State as a graduate assistant under the watchful eye of Nick Saban. McDaniels then became an assistant coach on Bill Belichick‘s staff in New England […]

In a season that started with so much promise after a gritty win over the Denver Broncos, the Las Vegas Raiders are now 1-2 and struggling. Sunday night’s winnable home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers felt like a road contest in an Allegiant Stadium packed with black and yellow. The Raiders moved the ball effectively […]

It’s better for Josh McDaniel to stay away from social media for now. After the Las Vegas Raiders’ 23-18 home loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, McDaniels has been catching plenty of heat from irate fans on X (formerly Twitter). The hate mostly comes from a head-scratching decision McDaniel made late in the game. With Las […]

The Las Vegas Raiders had the chance to win over the Pittsburgh Steelers during NFL Week 3. But, fans were shocked when Coach Josh McDaniels opted to kick for a field goal on the 10-yard line while they were behind by eight points. He outlined why they made this call in his latest statement, via […]

Las Vegas Raiders fans have a reputation as a bit of a rough-and-tumble group. Makes for a great home atmosphere, intimidates opponents. It’s attitude with purpose. Apparently, none of that rubbed off on New Orleans Saints QB Derek Carr during his nine seasons with the franchise. “I’m gonna be the kind of guy I want […]

The Las Vegas Raiders were faced with a tough task traveling to Buffalo to take on the Bills, and despite hanging around early, ended up getting blown out by Josh Allen and company, 38-10. Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels gave his explanation for the big loss, via Vic Tafur of The Athletic. McDaniels: “We never […]

The Las Vegas Raiders managed to earn a victory in Week 1 even without Chandler Jones. As head coach Josh McDaniels looks towards Week 2, he is seemingly expecting the same outcome. Jones is currently away from the Raiders after posting messages on social media that he doesn’t want to play for the team anymore. […]

Jimmy Garoppolo and the Las Vegas Raiders came back from a 16-10 deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Denver Broncos in Week 1. After the game, Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels and star running back Josh Jacobs couldn’t say enough good things about their new quarterback. “He’s a good leader. He’s won a […]

Disgruntled defensive end Chandler Jones will not play in the Las Vegas Raiders’ Week 1 game against the Denver Broncos. After the player’s blowup on social media this week, where he leaked text messages from his head coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler, and said he doesn’t want to play for the team […]

The best test of an NFL young core is beating a team that is aging. This is exactly what lies ahead of the Maxx Crosby-led Las Vegas Raiders’ secondary ahead of their matchup against Russell Wilson’s Denver Broncos. The team is full of new talent with Marcus Peters, Marcus Epps, Tyree Wilson, and Robert Spillane. […]

There is major drama right now between Chandler Jones, the Las Vegas Raiders, and head coach Josh McDaniels, and the defensive end is taking to Instagram to leak alleged texts and air their dirty laundry. In response, Jones claims the organization sent the Las Vegas Crisis Response Team to his home to do a wellness […]

Las Vegas Raiders star Chandler Jones isn’t with the team after he posted frustrated messages on his Instagram, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. “#Raiders coach Josh McDaniels says Chandler Jones is not with the team today and called it a ‘private’ and ‘personal’ manner,” Rapoport reported. Jones, a talented defender, was frustrated after not being […]

The Las Vegas Raiders are likely hoping that Chandler Jones will have a much more productive 2023 campaign for them after he struggled during his initial season with them in 2022. Week 1 hasn’t even rolled around yet, but it looks like Jones already has problems with head coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave […]

The Las Vegas Raiders are heading into the season with three quarterbacks on the roster and Las Vegas Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels is sharing his reasoning behind keeping all three. For McDaniels, Jimmy Garoppolo, Brian Hoyer, and Aidan O’Connell were all worthy of roster spots and did not deserve to be left off the […]

The Las Vegas Raiders did a lot in the NFL Draft to get star tight end Michael Mayer. Josh McDaniel’s squad traded all the way up to the 35th overall pick to acquire the rookie out of Notre Dame football. But, as most rookies would have it, he would get his welcome-to-the-league moment. It all […]

It appears that Las Vegas Raiders fans are going to have to wait to see their starters play, as head coach Josh McDaniels leaned toward saying that the first-teamers won’t play in the preseason finale. “I don’t know that we are going to put some guys out there again,” McDaniels said, via Myles Simmons. “We’ll […]

Josh Jacobs is still sticking to his plan of sitting out the first few games of the NFL season. This does not at all worry Las Vegas Raiders coach Josh McDaniels. The contract saga seems to be slowly unfolding a new role for backup Zamir White and his NFL Preseason stint has been proving just […]

The Las Vegas Raiders are heading into the 2023 season without confident knowledge of whether one of their best players will join them. Josh Jacobs still does not want to play on the franchise tag and the team has yet to strike a deal with him for a different contract. When asked if there was […]

The Las Vegas Raiders traveled to Southern California for joint practices ahead of their week 2 preseason contest with the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday night, and a fight broke out between the squads to the dismay of head coach Josh McDaniels. Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby chased down Rams RB Cam Akers and punched […]

The Las Vegas Raiders had their first preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, and they won in blowout fashion by the score of 34-7. Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels spoke about how the standard that is expected in practice led to the performance in the game. “I think the understand the way […]

The Las Vegas Raiders will lean on Davante Adams in 2023 as the team attempts to rebound from their forgettable 2022 campaign. However, they were forced to hold their breath after Adams suffered an injury scare on Friday during a joint practice with the San Francisco 49ers. Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels provided an injury […]

The Las Vegas Raiders have not had their top rookie on the field at all this offseason, but that could be changing soon after Josh McDaniels provided a positive update on Tyree Wilson on Thursday. “Not going to put a timeline on it but…if we keep headed in the right direction, it shouldn’t be too […]

Las Vegas Raiders coach Josh McDaniels has a long history with quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo dating back to their time together in New England, and it seems he knows what he has in the veteran quarterback. With Garoppolo coming off a foot injury and apparently struggling a bit with interceptions in training camp, McDaniels shot down […]

The Las Vegas Raiders have developed a way of dealing with behavior deemed inappropriate that has NFL fans talking. This time, Raiders defensive lineman Maxx Crosby was forced to remind the team of the rules after getting into an altercation with quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. It has been revealed that star defensive had to do a […]