Raiders coach Pete Carroll never expected to lose 31-0 to the Chiefs on Sunday, but that’s what happened. “This was a game that I didn’t see coming. We had prepared really well,” Carroll said. “They’re a terrific team, they did everything that they do, they played really well in all phases and kept us totally at bay. We couldn’t make …
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Things have not gone the way Pete Carroll expected to start his Las Vegas Raiders tenure. Before the season, Carroll said his team was “gonna win a ton” and cited his track record as a winner both in college and the NFL. After Sunday’s 40-6 blowout loss to the Indianapolis Colts, however, the Raiders are 1-4 with three of those …
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Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty’s return to standing up straight in the backfield has the approval of head coach Pete Carroll. Jeanty went back to that stance for Sunday’s game against the Bears and posted a season-high 138 rushing yards on 21 carries. Jeanty had altered the stance at the request of the coaching staff after being drafted in the …
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There’s plenty of blame to go around after the Las Vegas Raiders’ blowout loss to the Washington Commanders and backup quarterback Marcus Mariota in Week 3. The Raiders looked like a team that was completely overmatched as they were dominated in just about every phase of the game, leaving little room for optimism in this week’s winners and losers. Anytime …
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This isn’t the start Ashton Jeanty envisioned for his NFL career. Jeanty, taken No. 6 overall by the Raiders in this year’s draft, has 81 rushing yards on 30 carries with just three receiving yards through Las Vegas’ 1-1 start. The former Boise State star was asked about coach Pete Carroll and quarterback Geno Smith stressing the need to “feed …
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Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels isn’t practicing today because of a knee injury, but the Raiders expect him to play against them on Sunday. Raiders coach Pete Carroll said today that the Commanders think it will be Daniels they’re facing in Washington. “We have to prepare for him playing. The bet is probably that he will. They might not practice him …
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The conflict of interest existed from the moment Tom Brady became both a Fox broadcaster and a minority owner of the Raiders. It finally became a focal point on Monday night, when ESPN cameras showed Brady in the coaches’ box, wearing a headset and monitoring a tablet (and then trying to shrink out of sight once he realized he was …
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Two games into his NFL career, Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty has 30 carries for 81 yards and five catches for three yards. That’s an average of 2.4 yards per touch, nowhere near what the Raiders were expecting when they took Jeanty with the sixth overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft. But Raiders coach Pete Carroll says it’s way …
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During the second act of Monday night’s six-hour football marathon, ESPN cameras showed Fox broadcaster/Raiders minority owner Tom Brady in the coaching box, wearing a headset and watching a tablet. Then came a nugget from sideline reporter Peter Schrager: Brady and Raiders offensive coordinator Chip Kelly talk two to three times per week. After the game, Raiders coach Pete Carroll …
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Ryan McFaddenSep 13, 2025, 05:10 PM ET Close Ryan McFadden covers the Las Vegas Raiders for ESPN’s NFL Nation. Prior to ESPN, McFadden was a Denver Broncos beat reporter for the Denver Post. McFadden also wrote about the Baltimore Ravens and University of Maryland athletics for The Baltimore Sun. HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers is …
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