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Maxx Crosby rumors continue to heat up during Super Bowl week.

With the Las Vegas Raiders securing the head coach, the next hot topic of conversation has become Maxx Crosby. After Crosby became upset that he was forced to sit out the rest of the season, trade rumors have been circulating around the league and heating up during Super Bowl Week. It started this week with […]

Super Bowl 60 predictions

Well, this is the last Saturday tradition of the 2025-26 NFL season. Indeed, it’s our final prediction post of the season. And it’s the big one — Super Bowl 60. We have the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks playing in Super Bowl 60 at Levi’s Stadium in San Clara, California. I think it should […]

Klint Kubiak can unleash Brock Bowers even more

Have you seen that Nike commercial with the late Kobe Bryant and Kanye West? If you haven’t, no worries. That basketball commercial was a play on Bryant’s mamba mentality where he sought more from Kanye. “But are you a different animal and the same beast?,” Bryant asks. That “more successful and more records” uttered in […]

Las Vegas Raiders fans are full of hope in 2026

The Las Vegas Raiders are starting over — again. Maybe, this time, they will get it right as they re poised to hire Klint Kubiak as head coach and draft quarterback Fernando Mendoza with the No. 1 overall draft pick. We wanted to know how Raiders’ fans are feeling as the calendar has turned to […]

Recent history of Super Bowl assistants getting new jobs

The Las Vegas Raiders are hiring Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak as head coach, who’s last game there in the Super Bowl. Let’s look at some coaches who recently made the same move. 2025 Kellen Moore: He was the Philadelphia Eagles’ offensive coordinator and was headed toward the New Orleans Saints. Like Kubiak, Moore […]

Tom Brady loves how Klint Kubiak plays to team strengths

The Las Vegas Raiders are waiting until after the Super Bowl to announce new head coach Klint Kubiak. It is expected to be announced on Monday, and the team will not be able to finalize the deal until after Sunday. One reason the Raiders were able to secure Kubiak was Tom Brady. It was reported […]

Friday open thread

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How new Las Vegas Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak uses 12 personnel

The Las Vegas Raiders agreed to terms with current Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klink Kubiak to be their next head coach because he’s widely considered a brilliant offensive mind in the NFL. The Seahawks’ offense finished the regular season third in points scored and eighth in total yards, and Kubiak’s use of 12 personnel (one […]

Super Bowl 60 picks, Silver and Black Pride Pick’em competition

One game for all the marbles, and the winner gets to take home the trophy and earn the prestigious title of 2025 Silver and Black Pride Pick’em competition Champion! Oh, and Super Bowl 60 between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots is this Sunday, too. While the Las Vegas Raiders technically aren’t participating […]

Silver and Black Survey: Predict the Super Bowl LX winner

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Raiders fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. With the Super Bowl just days away, it’s time to get everyone on the record. Who […]

Super Bowl 60: What did Seattle Seahawks get in Geno Smith trade?

As we prepare for Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, we are looking at connections between the Las Vegas Raiders and the two franchises. A big connection kicked off the 2025 offseason as the Raiders acquired starting quarterback Geno Smith from the Seahawks for a third-round pick (No. 92 overall). […]

Submit your mailbag questions!

With the news that Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak is set to become the Las Vegas Raiders’ next head coach, the Raiders have crossed their first major threshold for the offseason. Also, the Super Bowl gives us a chance to see an example of what the offense might look like moving forward. Now, the […]

Could Derek Carr be part of Las Vegas Raiders again?

A Derek Carr return to the Las Vegas Raiders? I mean, I’m not sure at the top of the team’s to-do list, but it’s probably not out of the question, either. The Raiders, of course, are hiring Klint Kubiak as their head coach. he was Carr’s offensive coordinator with the New Orleans Saints in 2024. […]

Super Bowl 60 serves as strong lesson in free agency

Sunday’s Super Bowl 60 between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks should serve as strong motivation to the Las Vegas Raiders as we head to free agency. The lesson?It’s OK to spend big in March. The old adage, and often the approach by teams, is to be careful in free-agency spending because it often […]

Thursday open thread

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How Super Bowl 60 teams were built, a blueprint for Las Vegas Raiders’ roster

Super Bowl 60 features two teams that missed the playoffs last season, the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots. Also, both head coaches, Mike Macdonald and Mike Vrabel, were hired by their respective teams recently, with this being Macdonald’s second season and Vrabel’s first on the job. Meanwhile, the Las Vegas Raiders’ roster is expected […]

NFL Insider believes Maxx Crosby will be traded before draft

The NFL offseason hasn’t even started, but the speculation regarding Maxx Crosby’s future with the Las Vegas Raiders, which has been percolating since December, just went into high gear. Noted and highly respected NFL insider Jay Glazer, who has said he talks to Crosby, told Yahoo Sports on Wednesday that he expected Crosby to be […]

Remembering Roger Craig and Jason Witten as Raiders

The 2026 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be announced Thursday night. Unlike recent years, there aren’t any finalists will spent the majority of their careers with the Raiders. However, there are some finalists that did don the Silver and Black. They are senior nominee candidate, running abck Roger Craig and modern-day […]

Las Vegas Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty does a good deed

Las Vegas Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty, who just finished his rookie season, is proud of his military roots, Jeanty, of course, started his high-school playing career overseas because his family was in the military. He has often talked about his pride in growing up as a military kid and what it means to him. […]

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