Howie Long: Bad Personnel Moves Have Sunk the Raiders | What the Football w/Suzy Shuster & Amy Trask

FOX Sports NFL Analyst/Pro Football Hall of Famer Howie Long joins the ‘What the Football with Suzy Shuster & Amy Trask’ podcast where he explains why the Raiders have struggled for decades to return to the Super Bow.
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[@kevinkaatz883]

The 83 Raiders were amazing. I was there, in person

[@rollen901]

Then you should update youre picture. Cuz if you were there and remember it then you are probably 50 or older

[@MileHighKyle]

Josh made horrible personnel moves when he was the HC of the Broncos as well, set the franchise back years. It's what he does.

[@mmaranta785]

Raiders were actually good from late 60’s to late 80’s

[@JO-uy6zs]

Best 30 year winning percentage of any pro team in any sport. 🏴‍☠️

[@KilaMother]

Wow, Howie just reminded me how it was done in the old days, and it worked. I remembered the Raiders being criticized for always having old veterans playing for the team, but Al knew the old guys would help mentor and coach the rookies and it worked now they don't want old veterans it's all about the keeping the team young its nonsense.

[@lesbridges3040]

Much love to Howie Long❤🎉🧇

[@illegalmotion]

I wish Howie would come in as GM and vice president of football operations for the Raiders. We need someone with the intelligence to make football decisions.

[@russellhollinhurst1195]

He would be great!

[@theoriginalsurferbob]

Doesn’t always work out. I remember when the Lakers made Ervin Johnson the coach. Lasted I think a couple weeks. Howie would be a great figurehead, maybe, but he wouldn’t have a clue about running a team. Scouting. Personnel.

[@francinecorry633]

Raiders history is firing coaches & gm`s.Howie aint going to work for Mark Davis b/c his TV gig is too good.Sorry.Not sorry for the next poor stiff`s that work for Davis,but will hire and fire them as well.Good luck Raider Nation you will be irrelevant as long as Davis owns the team.

[@autumnwind1216]

Name hires with little to no experience or being hired too late is whats got them in this place to begin with! They need to remove the interim label from Champ Kelly and make him the unquestioned GM & allow him to bring in qualified, deserving candidates with the primary job qualification being leadership.

[@michaelavila9963]

Howie Long for Raiders VP and GM😊

[@kevinkaatz883]

Carr was awesome, wasn’t given the same winning pieces like the other qbs mentioned. Carr has all the records despite

[@donpierce1249]

He had the personnel and the talent but, he couldn't get the job done because of all the egos on the team.

[@robcampbell9798]

Howie said it - they have not had a QB since Gannon that could have won a Super Bowl. Carr had his shot and did not show enough.

[@rollen901]

@@robcampbell9798did you see how he did when he had a defense getting him the ball back? 2016. If he didn’t break his leg we woulda went far. Gannon had a much much better defense. So don’t play that. Carr was plenty good enough.

[@jeffrhorer1811]

Amy Trask would be a great vice president of football operations and Howie would be a great GM.

[@lassiejr2115]

These HCs that try and bring in old QBs and Team mates always end up Bad , Bill O Brien did that with the Texans brought in 2-3 QBs from Patriots they all stunk .

[@michaelavila9963]

Would Howie Long would make a good RAIDERS GM??

[@c_peezy8437]

Howie Long for GM of the Raiders

[@jeffeverett274]

Howie's a good fit for this organization. 😆💪

[@juliancardenas6522]

I love Howie Long ! ☠️ 🏴‍☠️ Great Iinterview, ladies ! 👏

[@raidadave7840]

Great interview.

[@toddgibbs2927]

Well said. I always looked forward to what Howie had to say about the Raiders. I can only imagine how not only his words, but the words of those who mentored him, resonated amongst rookies. I believe, in Antonio Pierce, these players identify with the HC. That kind of connection didn't only revive them, but an entire Raider Nation that needed a booster shot. Hopefully, Mark rides this wave, good, bad or ugly, and gets back to the roots of who we were. The fruits of the labor will only be sweeter. RN4L

[@vasquezalfred]

After seeing the Raiders get stomped on by the Kansas City Chiefs week 12 of this season, I’m seeing a hole that the Raiders dug themselves into and will not be getting out anytime soon…..Besaccia, Carr and that group of raiders was the perfect storm in having continued winning seasons,winning division titles and winning a Super Bowl

[@richardcharvet1411]

I grew up with all the Raiders. Routinely they were all over Alameda. You don't understand the Raiders unless you "lived it" and when a total culture change happens, it is very upsetting. Kenny Stabler lived with Matuzak in order to keep him under control when he came from Kansas City. George Buehler lived next door to my uncle. Ron Wolfe lived across the street from me in Alameda and like Howie said, no one lived in fancy mansions just did what they did to build a football team in an "old school way." The Raiders were our "heroes" win or lose and the Oakland Coliseum was always sold out. Once you live it, one can see when it is not the "Raider Way." We featured "reclamation projects" but had people who played their hearts out seeking a win. We all waited a long time before we finally got over the hump to finally win our way to Pasadena and beat the Vikings. And, I got to go! What a dream for a young kid from Alameda.

[@Sincityraider]

Bring back Amy Trask as CEO/President and let her make the decisions...Amy learned from the best!

[@francinecorry633]

She dislikes Mark Davis

[@andrewvillanueva3722]

The raiders need to draft better offensive and defensive linemen. Games are won in the trenches. They also need find a very good quarterback in the draft or see if Aiden is quarterback for the raiders.

[@robcampbell9798]

They need so much. It’s depressing.

[@hummervs3278]

As he points out in a few interviews- all the success of the Raiders as a whole has been from great ability of the office personnel being able to find the talent that slipped through the fingers of other teams who were not using them right. Until we get that right we are toast. And Mark Davis is horrible at picking the office personnel. Hopefully we lucked into AP… The bust rate of drafting players is simply amazing. The transition from college to pro isn’t judge-able by almost anyone. Picking up guys who stabilized but were misused is the key for most ball handlers and defensive backs. Running backs are one of the exceptions because their careers are so short.

[@deadraider420]

Hey. We smartened up and fired Josh !

[@sergiocarlos5395]

I think Howie WOULD make a great head coach.

[@yah4000]

For who?! Not us! Not now😤

[@gianlucad8003]

I've always loved having long and you could be right, but I can't help but think that very highly skilled players in any sport, don't become good head coaches and I think it's because it all came so easy for them.

[@deand7348]

You rule Howie! - I love the Raiders and I am suffering

[@wreckim]

Winning in the NFL is freakin' hard period. Every year, the cameras get better, and they study each position to the granular level...that's how they've been able to figure out Purdy a bit now....and now Purdy is going to have to prove he's got the guts to get through this, and watch all that tape...hours and hours of it...practice like hell and see if he's the real deal or not. JimmyG....has to do the same---except he has to work even harder than that, and earn his spot back, and maybe before the season ends we'll see a three game winning streak and the Raiders might make the playoffs....you never know.

[@brianmacadam4793]

There doesn't ALWAYS need to be a "hall of fame" QB in order to win the Superbowl ( it does certainly help ) a dominant defence is a better place to start I would say.

[@bernardthefourth]

The roster is pretty good right now if Aiden works out. McDaniels didn't do a good job adjusting his offense to fit the skills of the players he does have. Renfrow is a great WR but he you have to play his game.

[@fritogranito]

Not a lot of Ron Wolfs available to hire. Best way forward is hire someone with major cred in at least 2 areas relevant to running a football org and stick with them for no less than 5 years.

[@oramac67]

Howie Long for Raiders GM!

[@nickcollins5315]

Always one step away from a rebuild. As a raiders fan they disgust me I’m not mad when we lose but I’m not happy when we win either. There’s just no joy either way right now.

[@robertbrown380]

Is Howie ok? That was a meandering ramble

[@j.michael]

Ron Wolfe just doesn’t get enough credit from the Raider fan base. I love Al, but I don’t have my head buried in the sand to not realize how bad Al was in drafting and signing FA’s after Ron Wolfe left. Ron Wolfe was eyeing Brett Favre when he was with us in Oakland. He leaves to take the GB GM job….gets cut in front of in the 91 draft by Atlanta to draft Favre….a year later makes a trade for Favre. Rest is history.

[@randolphtolbert3825]

Remember Matt Millen? 😂 We do in Detroit

[@robertpreuitt7464]

Mark Davis needs help i don't think he knows Football

[@00ABBITT00]

Worst owner, worst hc, worst “home field” Absolute embarrassment

[@romeou4965]

I remember the trashy Oakland baseball field they played on 😢

[@robertmartinjr.4537]

​@romeou4965 he is talking about fan support. The Oakland Coliseum may have been a dump but the fanbase is light years ahead of the Vegas fanbase. The Raiders had their first true home game crowd at sofi in Los Angeles 😂. Both the Oakland and L.A. fanbases are much more imbedded in the RaiderNation. ☠️

[@00ABBITT00]

@@romeou4965 they could have played in the fucking parking lot and it would be better than that tourist attraction in Vegas.

[@00ABBITT00]

@@robertmartinjr.4537 someone who GETS IT.

[@robertmartinjr.4537]

@@00ABBITT00 ☠️👊✌️

[@maxbucio9854]

Funny how things don't add up. Jim Plunkett wasn't a starter when the Raiders were in LA. Plunkett became the starter after the starting QB got injured. Same thing happened when the Raiders won their 3rd SB, Plunkett wasn't the starter. That's why Plunkett will never be a HOF. Raiders had a SB QB. Like it or not, Carr was a top 15 QB and sometimes a top 10 QB. Carr had his worst year in 2022 and he's the only one to blame for losing his job but... If McDaniels would've been patient, the Raiders would be playoff contenders, Carr would've been an MVP candidate and McDaniels would still have a job.

[@bigamigo4863]

Mike Mayock set that franchise back years.....he was a terrible GM and thier drafts have been horrendous

[@cperkins5050]

I like Mayock, but he fell in love with a just drafting anyone from Bama or Clemson. This failed horribly.

[@bigamigo4863]

@@cperkins5050 Thing is I love his scouting analysis.....but he for whatever reason whiffed on so many picks it was bizarre. They tried to get too cute, missed so many players that could have heled the franchise.

[@WarriorMigs24]

I'm a Niner fan come on Raiders you can do better

[@gianlucad8003]

Mad Maxx is the best DE we've had since Howie Long, not as good though obviously.

[@bocagoodtimes1460]

Howie is the Raiders…bring him in to right the ship.

[@rf4182]

WTF was Howie trying to say. He surely didn’t answer the question.

[@michaelbanaszak7775]

😂😅 Was just rambling on and on! Why the hell was he talking about Ron Wolf?

[@gilbertbautistaboxingkingo6049]

I don't agree. They had a quarterback and they let him go for a lesser quarterback. A lot of that falls on the front office

[@joseluisalc]

Major shots at Derek Carr ☠️

[@justadadwholikesgaming5524]

Should have paid carr . The offense was so much better.

[@ZomegJ]

I miss Amy Trask.

[@HambyTownHooligan]

I love Howie, have his stitched jersey in my closet. Always respected and loved his motor. To say we don’t have a guy on the team that could win a Super Bowl is pretty disrespectful to Maxx Crosby given his continuous high motor effort on every play. Not to mention having the longest current snap count amongst active players and being top 2 amongst pressures in the league. Had we gotten someone to seriously match his level on the other side more those pressures would be sacks/TFLs. C’mon Howie…

[@willdodge200]

I think he was still talking about the QB position.

[@Acast009]

He was talking about the QB position - we’ve haven’t had one since Gannon which is pretty spot on

[@daveclark8337]

It's QB driven league and yet they stuck with Derek Carr forever even though he only won 43% of his games in his 10 years.

[@djrom66]

Al Davis must be spinning in his grave…..the team started falling apart with him at the helm and it continues with his son.

[@hughgurney8686]

The last 5-10yrs under Al were a horrorshow, weren't they? He was in love with measurables - "can't teach speed". He still wanted to play man-to-man defense, for players to beat the guy across the line from them. Modern football is more about scheming your way to success and picking on the defense's weakness. Interesting though that the game is coming back towards having players with super skillsets again.

[@JO-uy6zs]

Garbage Mark Davis has DESTROYED Raider Nation

[@TAW961]

This is what u carr haters wanted right he was the problem remember. What a JOKE

[@marlborocigarettessmoker8987]

Derek Carr wasn't the problem but he was part of the problem and he sure wasn't the solution. This raider team has a lot of issues that go far beyond Carr's on field capabilities

[@robertmartinjr.4537]

​​@@marlborocigarettessmoker8987 he wasn't the solution because the team was woefully chaotic dysfunctional unstable from the top to bad drafts signing bad free agents off the scrap pile. Multiple head coaches getting fired and hired during much his time there. Looks like Jimmy G picked up the baton and stumbled out of the blocks too😂

[@marlborocigarettessmoker8987]

@@robertmartinjr.4537 hahaha exaclty man you got it right on point. I never was a big fan of Carr though I'll make sure to look back at his tenure as the raider's qb and say he did the best he could do considereding all the issues you just mentioned. Also didn't expect Jimmy to come in and be much better. They lack the ability to build a winning foundation or give their team continuity. And just when it seems like they're getting somewhere the coach gets dismissed, the new one comes in and erases any good the previous coach built

[@robertmartinjr.4537]

@@marlborocigarettessmoker8987 💯👊✌️

[@robertmartinjr.4537]

@@marlborocigarettessmoker8987 Raiders just fired Josh McDaniels and Dave Zeigler 👊✌️

[@jaidenBenzz]

FIRE JOSH AND GET SOME BETTER PLAYERS AND CULTURE OF GOOD HUNGRY PLAYERS. Also can these people draft someone who can change this teams culture DAMN!!!!

[@RyanLBC]

your wish is granted. josh is gone baby!

[@Lora-G]

You got rid of one mediocre QB and replaced him with another mediocre QB.

[@joseperales2381]

No, Carr (who is mediocre) was replaced by a straight up garbage noodle arm QB that is the absolute worst starting QB in the NFL. Carr would’ve had us at 5-3.

[@lxsilvablack1292]

With Carr we had a Chance he had heart wasn’t the best but give him the ball with 2 min he would get u there 9 times out of 10 ! Now we have a descent Defense but no QB and a coach that looks like he doesn’t know how to read defenses almost like his plays are scripted, Bad Decision making , Bad Time management I can go on and on he’s lost us so many games he has no business being a head coach and calling, plays .. now I know why Tom Brady audible so much he read the defense and changed the plays that McDaniels would call 🤦🏻‍♂️ we deserved better !

[@HurrikaneBEA5T]

​@@lxsilvablack1292💯💯 so would carr. Hence one of the biggest issues that created a uncomfortable coach/qb dynamic

[@romeou4965]

There’s hope for a turnaround…just look at bengals and dolphins …and now even the lions!!!…all which were trash teams few years back

[@namenotavailable7365]

Lol Howie kinda veered off into memory lane. Just say personnel moves. Or talk about 2023 instead of 25 yrs ago lol

[@jwynter5857]

Reminiscing...

[@dennissaunders5247]

R.I.P ALVA LILES. A MEMBER OF THE 1980 OAKLAND RAIDERS SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.

[@JO-uy6zs]

Garbage Mark Davis has DESTROYED Raider Nation 🏴‍☠️

[@bartphlegar8212]

I think Jimmy G can get it done, but hell's bells! He needs some damn protection! He's getting an average of two seconds pocket time before the blitzkreig arrives...People still blame Garrapolo for the Niners losing the 2019 Super Bowl, even though had them up 10 on the Chiefs until late. My point is, that you need a complete team, including blue chip linemen on both sides of the ball. To enable anything that a whizbang receiver or quarterback can do, there needs to be sufficient time for a play to develop. It ain't happening with the Raiders right now...It strikes me as odd that Howie Long disses Garrapolo, while singing the praises of both Plunkett and Gannon - who would both be equated with Kirk Cousins in today's league. Sorry, man. I'll take Garrapolo any day. Provided he can stay alive...

[@chrisbreezy-ryanbarbosa4320]

Tom Brady should make any new hires. Mark Davis is a proven Loser!

[@jeffdwyer9821]

Amy, please stop with the hats...not a good look for you. Sorry

[@stevenwright6573]

I'm 52. Born and raised in California. Been a raiders fan since I was 8. When Marc Davis got rid of Carr and kept McDaniel, I gave up the sport. I believe you pick 1 team and roll with that team until you die. Since I gave up on my team, because of Marc Davis' stupidity, I won't watch a single game. That coach went 0-5 to start last year, Derek lost his TE and slot receiver for 10 and 12 games. Yet he threw to Davante Adams for more touchdowns and yards than ANY reciever in the game. Derek Carr was never the problem. That decision was idiotic.

[@ahuxley123]

Derek Carr was a problem, not the problem, he’d disappear at the worst times or a convenient pick 6. It’s too late to blame that on offensive coordinators or head coaches, how did Matt Stafford do it for so long in Detroit? Rich Bisaccia was an interim coach, seen it before, they make a run, media hails them as fore front but they don’t get hired (due to HC experience). We can’t change the past and bitching bout the future because of the past won’t help.