NFL Insider: Raiders Are Frustrated With Head Coach Josh McDaniels

Monday night’s game is crucial for the Raiders, and maybe even more so for Josh McDaniels.

NFL Insider: Raiders Are Frustrated With Head Coach Josh McDaniels

Many in the locker room appear to be approaching a breaking point under McDaniels, and Sports Illustrated insider Hondo Carpenter discussed that dynamic on Thursday’s Las Vegas Raiders Insider podcast.

No situation is as difficult as the infamously lost locker room, which a coach might find himself in when his players no longer listen to him and his game plans aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

“I’m talking to the players and watching.” “Josh has not lost the locker room, or they would not have fought back,” said Hondo Carpenter, who covers the Raiders for SI.com (the video begins at 13:52). “Teams that have quit on coaches, you know I’ve been around them, they don’t fight.”

That does not mean McDaniels is out of the woods, though. “Here’s the danger: At some point his very hard-regimented work ethic, if guys have bought in, but they’re not going to, they’re gonna begin to say, ‘Nah, nah,’” Carpenter said. “I don’t believe he’s lost the locker room and I would say it, but I do believe now that the locker room is at least questioning what the hell is going on here. And that’s a dangerous point.”

Still, with a 1-3 record, the Raiders have a lot of problems, most of which lie on McDaniels’ shoulders. It all starts with the offensive, which was supposed to be McDaniels’ strong suit, the spot where he established his name as the architect of Tom Brady-Patriots juggernauts over the last two decades.

This season, the defence has improved slightly, ranking 24th in points allowed and 18th in yards allowed.

The Raiders have a winnable game against the 2-2 Packers on Monday, as well as upcoming games against the Patriots and Bears. It is not difficult to see them rising higher.500 at 4-3

 

 

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