Raiders' Offensive Issues & Coach Changes: Football's Two Sides
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00:02 They've got issues on both sides of the football.
00:05 The defense has played better lately under Patrick Graham,
00:07 their D coordinator.
00:07 Offensively, they've been an absolute train wreck.
00:09 So much money invested in slot receiver Hunter Renfro,
00:13 went up not being traded, though the Raiders had talks
00:15 with various teams to be able to move him.
00:17 It didn't happen.
00:17 Devontae Adams has got to get the football.
00:20 Now, here's the big news.
00:21 This is a surprise here.
00:22 Yes, McDaniels got canned.
00:23 Nobody was surprised by that.
00:25 Mick Lombardi, who was the OC, he's out.
00:27 He's a McDaniels guy.
00:28 But Bo Hardegre, who was their quarterbacks coach, who's never
00:31 called plays before, is now the interim offensive coordinator
00:34 and he will call the plays under Antonio Pierce.
00:36 So the hope is here, they could get Josh Jacobs going under
00:40 the franchise tag.
00:41 Now, obviously, get it to Devontae Adams, who needs to get
00:43 the football.
00:44 This is a big decision.
00:45 Now, they'll play at home against the Giants this week.
00:49 The Giants have all their injury issues and the Giants are
00:51 hopeful that both tackles will be back this week on offense.
00:54 But I'm interested to see how they're going to respond.
00:58 But we've seen this before when you have interim head coaches.
01:00 The first game, there's a new energy.
01:02 Yes, the players, from what I understand, kind of turn on
01:05 McDaniels.
01:06 That doesn't surprise anybody.
01:07 It'd been a nightmare.
01:08 But the bottom line is, Pierce was a great football player.
01:12 I work with Antonio at ESPN.
01:13 He's a very intense guy.
01:14 They'll respond to him.
01:16 But the bottom line is, it's about coaching now.
01:18 Getting the right guys on offense to football.
01:21 That's the big area where McDaniels failed.
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