The Raiders’ strong start has plenty of people pointing to Klint Kubiak, and Sunday offered another small glimpse into why the first-year head coach has become such a central figure in Las Vegas.
During the CBS broadcast of the Raiders’ game against the Chiefs, the camera caught Kubiak’s playsheet up close. On the back of the sheet, a large section had been scribbled out, and beside the mess of black marks was a short acronym: “AMDG.”
Kubiak hasn’t publicly explained what he wrote there, but the phrase is often used as shorthand for the Latin Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, which means “For the greater glory of God.”
That lines up with what has already become clear about Kubiak: his faith is a major part of his life, even if he usually keeps his answers tight and his public image controlled.
Ashton Jeanty spoke about that side of his coach last month in comments to Sports Illustrated insider Hondo Carpenter, recalling the support he received after the ankle injury he suffered in August. Jeanty said the reaction from Kubiak and the rest of the team told him everything he needed to know.
“It meant a lot, of course,” Jeanty said of his coaches and teammates taking a knee and praying for him.
“You know, Kubiak leading that, really being firm in his faith and getting everybody to get down and say a prayer. But also as a team just growing together in our faith.
I think it’s a great thing to be able to share that with each other and the power of prayer is amazing. So in that moment, hearing that, seeing that, I already knew I was going to be good because God’s got me.”
Kubiak’s faith also came up in a story from his time in Seattle. Before he was hired by the Raiders, Sports Spectrum’s Jason Romano said he was told Kubiak bought Bibles for every Seahawks player and coach near the end of the 2025 season.
Kubiak confirmed that during Super Bowl week and explained why he did it.
“Because that’s the most important thing,” Kubiak told Romano. “I don’t know who told you that, but totally you’re in trouble right now. But you’re trying to find Christmas gifts for guys every year to show them that you love them, and what better gift than that?”
Seattle assistant head coach Leslie Frazier later said the gesture stood out inside the building.
“You talking about touching people across our team? That is so unique and so rare,” Frazier told Romano.
“It meant a lot. It meant a lot to everybody in our building, just that he would do that.
His whole point of it was he wanted everybody to be able to find out what it means to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. This is the starting point, having a Bible.
No one should walk away from this building without having a Bible.”
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