Despite the successful offseason in the talent acquisition department, the Las Vegas Raiders sit a 2-5.

The sky appears like it's falling. But the Raiders' general manager Dave Ziegler offered a few reasons for moving forward on Wednesday.

"We're 2-5. As a fan of the team, your expectations are high every year," Ziegler said while addressing the media Wednesday morning in Sarasota, Florida. "When you start the year, you want your team to get off to a fast start. You want your team to compete in the playoffs. You want your team to win the Super Bowl. And so, the frustration from the fan base is totally warranted, and I can appreciate their passion. And for me and for Josh [McDaniels] and for the organization, there's nothing more than we want than to win football games and to see this fan base get what they deserve, which is a consistent winner."

"I'd say, we're seven games into a new regime, a new organization, a new way of doing things," continued Ziegler. "And for us up to this point, it hasn't gone as quick as we would have liked it to go. But we're not wavering in our approach and we're going to stick with our plan, improve it as we go along. We're confident that the results will come."

In his address, he also spoke highly of quarterback Derek Carr and head coach Josh McDaniels, who may be on the way out after this season.

Ziegler offered praise for their grit and tenacity. Yet, both of those traits have not produced wins. Specifically, with McDaniels, he spoke of the player improvement under the head coach.

The only problem is the game is handled and measured in wins and losses. If something doesn't change fast, Las Vegas may be looking at a lost season.

"I think the one thing, again, I'll mention because I think it's really important is, I've seen a lot of players improve here under him and his coaches' watch," Ziegler added. "And again, the results are the results, we're 2-5. So, none of us have done a good enough job, myself included. We're going to continue to put pressure on ourselves to get those results, and we'll see where it's all at when we get to the end of the season."

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