The Las Vegas Raiders hired Pete Carroll to be their new head coach, but multiple members of the NFL are making fun of the Raiders.
Mike Florio speculated that the Chicago Bears might have to part ways with Ryan Poles to land Ben Johnson as their head coach.
As the Super Bowl countdown begins, several eliminated teams are focusing their efforts elsewhere: finding and hiring new coaches.
For some of those teams, that will involve finding new head coaches and/or General Managers. Three teams fired their head coaches during the season and two more have been dispatched as of 9 a.m. ET on January 6.
Greg Olsen has made his feelings clear about being pushed aside for Super Bowl 2025 after Tom Brady's $375m broadcasting contract with Fox.
Only two NFL teams have ever won three straight championships with Green Bay doing it from 1929-31 and again in 1965-67 seasons.
Perhaps the only one at the news conference who matched his enthusiasm was former running back Marshawn Lynch, who screamed “Raaiiidddeeerrrsss!” when Carroll said he wanted Allegiant Stadium to be filled with fans of the home team. Opposing fans often make it feel like a neutral or away game for the Raiders.
After a year away from football, Pete Carroll is back in the NFL as a head coach. The Las Vegas Raiders selected him as the replacement for Antonio Pierce, who was fired after just one season as the team’s full-time head coach (serving as the interim in 2023).
As Patrick Mahomes’s Chiefs host the Bills, Josh Allen has had more roughing-the-passer and unnecessary-roughness penalties called in his favor over the past two regular seasons.
So far, besides the Patriots and Vrabel, Lions coordinators Ben Johnson (Bears) and Aaron Glenn (Jets) have been scooped up, while Bucs OC Liam Coen is heading to Jacksonville, Pete Carroll is reportedly returning to the sidelines with the Raiders and Brian Schottenheimer has been hired by the Cowboys.
The Las Vegas Raiders have found their new search as they have tabbed Super Bowl-winning coach Pete Carroll to replace the fired Antonio Pierce. Carroll is the oldest coach in the league at 73. He turns 74 in September and will be the oldest head coach in NFL history when the 2025 season starts.
Pete Carroll, whose storied football career is rooted in Stockton, is headed back to an NFL sideline with the Raiders.