Interim coach Antonio Pierce and rookie quarterback Aidan O’Connell have uncertain futures with the Raiders following Sunday’s season-ending win over the Broncos.
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Maxx Crosby is having his finest season as a Raider. That should earn him consideration for the NFL’s highest honor for a defensive player.
We’ve seen enough in seven games — four of them victories — to make it apparent that owner Mark Davis should remove the interim tag from Antonio Pierce’s title.
Northwestern won a defensive slugfest against Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl on Saturday at Allegiant Stadium.
Raiders second-year running back Zamir White should get more of a look the team’s final three games, even if starter Josh Jacobs is healthy.
Northwestern and Utah, the two teams meeting in the Las Vegas Bowl, faced different kinds of adversity throughout the 2023 season.
Rookie quarterback Aidan O’Connell bounced back from a 3-0 loss to the Vikings to throw for four scores in the Raiders’ rout of the Chargers on Thursday.
The Raiders hit a new low Sunday against the Vikings in a shutout loss at Allegiant Stadium. It’s clear their coaches on offense are in over their heads.
Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has earned praise from coaches and teammates alike for how he has responded to being replaced by rookie Aidan O’Connell.
The Rebels looked very much the part of a team playing in its first Mountain West championship game, falling to Boise State on Saturday at Allegiant Stadium.
Jackson Woodard followed coach Barry Odom from Arkansas to Las Vegas, and the junior has responded with a team-leading 104 tackles for the 9-3 Rebels.
The head coach might have changed, but the Raiders still have an offense that can’t generate any level of consistency, seen again in Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs.
UNLV lost to San Jose State on Saturday, but still managed the program’s most wins since 1984. And the Rebels will likely still play in the Mountain West title game.
The Raiders defense isn’t great, but it’s much better than what preseason forecasts suggested and has kept the team in games as the offense continues to struggle.
Ranked sixth nationally, UNLV’s special teams units have had as much to do with the 9-2 start as any facet of the Rebels’ game. UNLV hosts San Jose State on Saturday.