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Pete Carroll’s Las Vegas Raiders reminiscent of awful 2006 squad

Raise your hand if you remember the Art Shell-led 2006 Oakland Raiders. If your hand was shaking at the awful memory, I don’t blame you. That team featured Art Shell’s return to the coaching game after a 12-season hiatus — the 60-year-old last coached the Raiders back in 1994 — and then-owner Al Davis’ decision […]

Submit your Week 12 mailbag questions!

One could argue that Week 12 is the most important game on the Las Vegas Raiders’ schedule. While a matchup with the Cleveland Browns has no playoff implications, it will go a long way toward determining the 2026 NFL draft order. With that in mind, hit me with any draft questions for this week’s mailbag. […]

2026 Las Vegas Raiders Draft Scouting: John Mateer

Position: Quarterback Height: 6’1 Weight: 224 Stats: 2025 (9 games) – 64%, 2086 yards, 8 TD, 7 INT, 95 att, 424 yards, 7 TD Class/Age: RS Junior, 21 Team: Oklahoma Positives: I want to mention Mateer having 53 forced missed tackles in his 2024 season which was 4th in all of college football among every […]

Tre Tucker not producing like top wide receiver yet

Here is a look at how the Las Vegas Raiders’ 2023 draft class fared in a 33-16 home loss to the Dallas Cowboys in Week 11 and what it means looking ahead to Sunday’s home game against the Cleveland Browns. Tyree Wilson: The No. 7 overall draft pick played 43 percent of the snaps (he […]

Thursday open thread

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Where Tonka Hemingway can improve moving forward

While a lot has been made about the Las Vegas Raiders’ 2025 NFL draft class getting little to no playing time this season, one rookie who saw the field a lot against the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football is defensive lineman Tonka Hemingway. According to Pro Football Focus, the South Carolina product recorded 38 […]

Brock Bowers gets more involved in Las Vegas Raiders’ offense again

Here is a look at how the Las Vegas Raiders’ 2024 draft class fared in a 33-16 home loss to the Dallas Cowboys in Week 11 and what it means looking ahead to Sunday’s home game against the Cleveland Browns. Brock Bowers: Raiders’ offensive coordinator Chip Kelly didn’t do much right in Week 11, but […]

Aidan O’Connell is activated to Las Vegas Raiders 53-man roster

The Las Vegas Raiders have decided to go with three quarterbacks on their active roster. On the day his 21-day window from being elevated from the injured reserve was to expire, the Raiders activated Aidan O’Connell. He will take the place of safety Chris Smith on the 53-man roster. Smith was waived Tuesday. O’Connell was […]

Evaluating a contract extension for Jeremy Chinn

The Las Vegas Raiders signed safety Jeremy Chinn to a 2 year, 16 million deal this off-season with 12.25 million guaranteed in order to bolster their safety position. Chinn was coming off a 2024 season that saw him log 117 tackles, 7 TFL, 2 sacks, an interception, 5 PBU, and 2 forced fumbles with the […]

Many team will want a quarterback in next 2 offseasons?

There is, no doubt, the Las Vegas Raiders will be looking to draft a quarterback in the near future. That has been a possibility in the past three drafts, but it never lined up. Now, the Raiders have to figure when they are going to draft a quarterback as early as possible. The way Geno […]

Las Vegas Raiders Reacts Survey Week 12: Team Confidence

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. The Las Vegas Raiders are getting ready for their Sunday showdown with the Cleveland Browns. It […]

Shedeur Sanders will make starting debut against Las Vegas Raiders

In the past couple of years, many people would have guessed quarterback Shedeur Sanders would make his starting debut at Allegiant Stadium. However, just not with the Cleveland Browns. Yet, here we are. Sanders was considered a prime draft candidate for the Las Vegas Raiders. However, the team bypassed him several times before the Colorado […]

Las Vegas Raiders not doing Ashton Jeanty any favors

Here is a look at how the Las Vegas Raiders’ rookie class fared in a 33-16 home loss to the Dallas Cowboys in Week 11 and what it means looking ahead to Sunday’s home game against the Cleveland Browns. Ashton Jeanty: The No. 6 overall draft pick isn’t having a great season and a lot […]

Time to draft another Maxx Crosby

The Las Vegas Raiders are in the midst of another disappointing season and the attention will turn to the 20206 offseeason and the draft in less than two months. While the Raiders will have a lot of needs, starting at quarterback, a focus of roster improvement most be on defense. The Raiders simply don’t have […]

Wednesday open thread

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Evaluating DJ Glaze’s future on Las Vegas Raiders OL

The Raiders selected Delmar Glaze with the 77th overall selection in the 2024 NFL draft and Glaze immediately made waves taking the starting RT position where he started all 17 games and in 998 snaps allowed 3 sacks and 51 pressures along with 4.1 ypc as a lead blocker (which was among the highest for […]

Las Vegas Raiders should not go Kyler Murray route in 2026

It seems like the 2026 may be the fourth straight offseason in which the Las Vegas Raiders may be looking for a new quarterback. Yes, here we go again. Last offseason, of course, the Raiders thought they ended the yearly turnstile at the most important position in sports when they traded a third-round pick to […]

Pete Carroll’s stubbornness is holding Las Vegas Raiders’ future back

It’s been 10 games and the Week 11 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football showed that the Las Vegas Raiders have no direction under head coach Pete Carroll. Not only were the Raiders thoroughly embarrassed on a national stage, again, but Carroll refuses to play the young players on the roster despite […]

Progress? Las Vegas Raiders show none in another prime-time stinker

Ashton Jeanty getting smothered in the end zone for the safety after a penalty and special teams gaffe. That sequence of unfortunate events perfectly encompasses not only how bad the Las Vegas Raiders were in a 33-16 Monday Night loss to the visiting Dallas Cowboys, but how atrocious of a football team they are. It […]

Raiders Week 12: Meet the Browns

As the Las Vegas Raiders move away from Monday night’s game against the Dallas Cowboys, they will host another home game as the Cleveland Browns visit Allegiant Stadium on Sunday. Kickoff is set for 1:05 p.m. PT. Let’s take a quick look at the Browns: Record: The Browns are 2-8 after 23-26oss to the Baltimore […]