The Raiders will interview Commanders assistant general manager Lance Newmark for their general manager role Sunday. He also spent 26 years in Detroit.
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Tom Brady’s role as Fox’s analyst for the Lions-Commanders game raised questions about a conflict of interest because of Detroit assistants Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn.
New UNLV offensive coordinator Corey Dennis reunited with his old college pal Darren Waller when he arrived in Las Vegas. Their bond dates to high school.
Whoever the Raiders hire as their new general manager will have to make several key decisions, including a new contract for Maxx Crosby and a new quarterback.
Raiders wide receiver Hunter Renfrow suffered a ribs injury that will keep him out for “a while” according to head coach Jon Gruden.
The gutless call by the Cowboys coach to kick a field goal with 6:04 left essentially cost Dallas the game in a 13-9 loss and cost countless New England bettors a cover.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones basically said coach Jason Garrett and his staff cost his team a victory against the Patriots.
How an NFL team with so much on the line as a season progresses can offer such a dreadful performance is one of sport’s great mysteries, but the Raiders ineptly obliged in a 34-3 loss at New York on Sunday.
“I think this will be good for us,” said wide receiver Tyrell Williams. “We have a stretch of five games left, and we’re going to make a playoff push.”
The recent kicking woes of Daniel Carlson were mitigated a bit by the Raiders’ three-game winning streak. But after another field goal miss Sunday against the Jets his struggles have moved to the forefront.
The Raiders’ 34-3 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday likely revealed some harsh truths about where they really are as a franchise.
Said Raiders owner Mark Davis while leaving MetLife Stadium: “None of that was good.”
The easy thing would be to say the Raiders simply got caught looking ahead on Sunday, and that the 34-3 beatdown the Jets unleashed on them was retribution for peeking a little too far into the future and overlooking an outclassed opponent.
A showdown awaits the Raiders next week against the Kansas City Chiefs, but they can’t get caught looking ahead of the Jets, who they play on Sunday
