The Las Vegas Raiders Could Have a Pierce of Hope After Up-and-Down 2023

The Las Vegas Raiders began a new era at quarterback with Jimmy Garoppolo in 2023, only to be met with extremely inconsistent performances team-wide and it led to the firing of head coach Josh McDaniels by Week 8. Sitting at 3-5 by that point, linebackers coach Antonio Pierce was named the interim head coach and although they fell short of making the playoffs, they played like a different team under his coaching and gave owner Mark Davis some food for thought to end the season.
In this clip, Dylan discusses the Raiders' wacky season and Mark Davis' decision to make Pierce the full-time head coach and why that is something for Raider Nation to be hopeful for as the offseason rolls on.
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[@gamesandaquascapes8798]

How can you say Derek Carr was worse than jimmy g. If we had Derek Carr last year we would have seen the playoffs with the defense that we had. Cuz unlike jimmy at least Carr can throw a bomb

[@gamesandaquascapes8798]

Also if we still had Carr. We for sure would have won 1-2 more games with Carr under AP. Just like we would have went to playoffs if we fired Josh McDaniels 1-2 weeks earlier than Halloween night

[@newcadbane7339]

Our qb plan is shit , it's only the most important position wtf

[@VeryColdLasagna]

The Raiders need to do something at QB for sure. Don’t know if they will in the Draft coming up.

[@Cpt35]

All this is alleged per a Raider insider. Josh McDaniels had Tom Brady ready to go until a last second change of mind. Derek Carr was option 2 but McDaniels burnt that bridge (obviously). Bryce Young was option 3 but couldn’t secure a trade for the #1 overall pick. Jimmy was option #4.

[@VeryColdLasagna]

I knew of rumors of Brady trying to be a minority owner for the Raiders and potentially playing for them this past year. Bryce Young seemed like wishful thinking, although I don’t know what the Raiders could’ve offered. Either way, interesting stuff.

[@Cpt35]

@@VeryColdLasagna They had the same offer the Panthers offered Chicago but Chicago chose DJ Moore over Darren Waller and rightfully so.

[@jesseaparicio2180]

​@@Cpt35so basically it was all a bunch of stupid ideas by genius josh...should've just kept carr

[@Cpt35]

@@jesseaparicio2180 He tried to keep him but Carr didn’t want to return after the benching.

[@jesseaparicio2180]

@@Cpt35 1st of all why the fuck was he ever benched when we had a shot at the playoffs still ? Also he would've came back if it wasn't for Zeigler and Mcdumbass

[@cjsnare6816]

Man you need to check your self.. Carr was way better than JG... it was the coach staff..

[@chefmarcos]

No he wasn’t. At all. Jimmy’s only negative in comparison to Carr was injury history. Jimmy G is/was a better passer shirt to mid, better processing, and faster decision making.

[@cjsnare6816]

Ok.. what did he do in LV??? Oh hey sat on the bench..

[@cjsnare6816]

See some people forget how many QB we went thru between Rich Gannon and DC do you??

[@chefmarcos]

@@cjsnare6816 yes he did. Much better to have gone into 2023 with a chance. Carr was a known limiting factor.

[@chefmarcos]

@@cjsnare6816 of course. I’ve been a die hard for a long time. I remember Plunkett to Shroeder, to Marinovich, to Campbell, to Garcia, to McKnown, etc… the long list of not good enoughs was long, that’s why Carr got such hype around him until he got injured and signed his contract. Never the same after that.

[@chefmarcos]

What is a “Pierce of hope”? I get the attempt at a play on words, but it fails big time lol. Maybe I’m missing something? And Carr was a bum. They did have a plan, it was to move on from Carr. He was a known limitation on the team. Better to try anything new after 9 years of Carr.

[@VeryColdLasagna]

The title is supposed to be on the Raiders’ hope for the future, but I acknowledge it’s a bad pun lol 😂. I agree on Carr; time to move on but they surely have to try again after failing with Jimmy G and I’m not completely sure on Aidan.