Raiders are already getting busy interviewing head coach candidates who just lost in the NFL playoffs
The Raiders need to find the right head coach.
The Las Vegas Raiders are already meeting with prospective head coaches who were recently eliminated in the divisional round of the playoffs, signaling a more active search for their next leader. According to Albert Breer of The Monday Morning QB, the Raiders are interviewing Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady and San Francisco 49ers offensive passing game specialist Klay Kubiak for their head coach position on Sunday. Breer also reported that the Rams completed interviews with several assistants and coordinators, moving closer to finishing their initial round of the search.
Raiders have to get this head coach search right
We have said it every single year for the last five years, and it would be impossible to summarize how much more important it is this year—they have to get this HC search right. Many thought the hiring of former Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl-winning coach Pete Carroll was the right decision, myself included. He said it himself: the guy has been winning 10 games or more in this league for decades. That is, until he wasn’t anymore.
The team got worse under Carroll. Remember last offseason, everyone said the next HC had to improve every year, which meant winning more than four games in 2025, since they only won four in 2024. Many kept saying it shouldn’t be very hard, since the standard was pretty low. The people who said that couldn’t have been more wrong.
What they need now is a head coach who can handle a rebuild for a year or two until real success starts showing in results. They need a young head coach who can adapt to the rapid changes in the NFL right now. They need one of these up-and-coming geniuses. A guy like Nate Scheelhaase has been mentioned many times, as he’s basically Los Angeles Rams HC Sean McVay’s right-hand man.
Joe Brady fits that mold a bit, too. He was the OC for the LSU Tigers when they last won their National Championship with Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow. He helped turn Burrow into a superstar, so he’s also viewed as a QB guru. The Raiders also need a HC like that. Regardless, they have to get this right.
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