The Raiders’ offseason has been built around a simple idea: don’t rush it, and don’t lose the thread.
Las Vegas has spent the summer putting together a process it believes can hold up over time, not just for one quick spike. With Klint Kubiak in place as the new head coach, the Raiders have moved into the next phase of that plan, and Kubiak has already shaped the staff around the way he wants things run.
The roster looks better on paper, but that only gets you so far when there are this many new faces in the building. That’s true for both the coaching staff and the players.
The Raiders want results, sure. Every team does.
But the bigger goal is to build something that lasts beyond next season, and the focus is supposed to stay on the work each day rather than outside expectations.
Training camp is coming in a few weeks, and that’s when the real sorting begins. The Raiders know who is in the building now, but once the pads come on and the practices ramp up, the picture gets sharper.
That’s when coaches start identifying starters and figuring out who sticks on the roster. There are still plenty of jobs to be won, and those roles will be sorted out after camp.
Former Raiders quarterback Derek Carr also weighed in on the franchise’s direction during an appearance on Home Grown with David & Derek Carr, and he sounded encouraged by what he sees.
"This is one of those teams, oh man, if they go off and win 12 games, how do they do it? They were awesome.
They have great coaches and good players. There could also be a team that does not do that.
But they are progressively getting better," said Carr. "What you have in Las Vegas is you have this coach's guys, this general manager's guys.
They are all making decisions based on a scheme. Klint is going to find his guys."
For now, the Silver and Black are in position to keep adding the final pieces before they line up against another team.
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