Through a statement, Las Vegas announced the departure of its head coach, as well as general manager David Ziegler.
The Las Vegas Raiders have fired head coach Josh McDaniels and general manager David Ziegler, the team announced Tuesday night.
“After thinking a lot about what the Raiders need moving forward, I have decided to part ways with Josh and Dave,” the owner said in a statement. “I want to thank them both for their hard work and wish them and their families all the best.”
The Raiders plan to name linebackers coach Antonio Pierce as their interim head coach, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Josh McDaniels had a 9-16 record (.360) in his time leading the Las Vegas Raiders. Getty Images
Davis had no further comment when contacted by ESPN.
The moves come a day after the Raiders lost 26-14 to the Detroit Lions on “Monday Night Football” in Week 8, leaving the team with a 3-5 record this season.
Josh McDaniels was in his second season leading the Raiders after signing a six-year contract in January 2022. He had more than four years left on the deal that Las Vegas is obligated to pay.
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Josh McDaniels ends his time with the Raiders with a 9-16 record and no playoff appearances, the third-worst record for a Raiders coach with at least 25 games coached.
The Raiders hired McDaniels following the 2021 season when Davis decided not to keep interim head coach Rich Bisaccia in the full-time role even though he had guided the team to a surprise playoff appearance.
Josh McDaniels and Ziegler were aggressive in their first offseason, trading first- and second-round picks to acquire Davante Adams, giving defensive end Chandler Jones a big contract in free agency and extending the deals of Derek Carr, Maxx Crosby, Darren Waller and Hunter Renfrow.
However, those moves did not translate into positive results on the field as Josh McDaniels was never able to build the high-octane offense Davis expected when he hired him and struggled to win games.
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The Raiders lost five games after holding double-digit leads, tying a record, including blowing a 20-0 halftime lead in their home opener against the Arizona Cardinals in the biggest collapse in franchise history. Las Vegas lost to Indianapolis in the Colts’ first game with Jeff Saturday as interim head coach after he had never coached above the high school level, and then lost to Baker Mayfield and the Los Angeles Rams two days after the quarterback retired. joined his new team.
Josh McDaniels benched Carr at the end of last season and eventually cut him in the offseason, leaving the Raiders with nothing in return for a starting quarterback who ended up receiving a $150 million contract with the New Orleans Saints. .
Josh McDaniels acquired his former pupil with the New England Patriots, Jimmy Garoppolo, as the new starting quarterback and the offense regressed severely, becoming the first team since 2009 to score fewer than 20 offensive points in each of its first eight games of the season.
The last two weeks were particularly humiliating as Las Vegas lost 30-12 to the Chicago Bears and undrafted rookie quarterback and former NCAA Division II player Tyson Bagent, and then the team looked completely ineffective in Monday night’s loss in Detroit.
Information from the AP was used in the writing of this story.
2023-11-01 06:25:00
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