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HENDERSON, Nev. -- The Las Vegas Raiders made it authoritative Monday by announcing Seattle Seahawks violative coordinator Klint Kubiak volition beryllium their adjacent caput coach.
Kubiak arrived successful Las Vegas connected Monday, caller disconnected a 29-13 Super Bowl triumph implicit the New England Patriots connected Sunday.
Among the questions facing Kubiak, who volition beryllium formally introduced Tuesday, arsenic helium takes over:
- Who helium volition prosecute arsenic his coordinators connected discourtesy and defense?
If Kubiak brings coaches with him from Seattle, helium could see quarterbacks manager Andrew Janocko for violative coordinator and Aden Durde connected the antiaircraft side. It evidently would beryllium a promotion for Janocko, though Kubiak mightiness telephone the plays. Durde is the Seahawks' DC, but helium would person the accidental to person afloat power of the defense, dissimilar successful Seattle wherever manager Mike Macdonald calls plays connected that broadside of the ball.
- What to bash astir antiaircraft extremity Maxx Crosby?
Two NFL reporters person said that the Raiders' prima walk rusher wants out. He wasn't blessed astir being placed connected injured reserve with 2 games near this past play and mightiness not person the appetite for different rebuild attempt. Crosby said connected "The Herd with Colin Cowherd" that nary specified speech came from him, but helium besides didn't contradict helium wanted out.
The Raiders could get a haul by trading the 28-year-old Crosby and possibly adjacent accelerate the rebuild. Dallas got 2 first-rounders and three-time Pro Bowl antiaircraft tackle Kenny Clark by shipping Micah Parsons to Green Bay.
- How volition helium hole for escaped bureau and the draft?
Las Vegas has the No. 1 prime and much than $91 cardinal successful wage headdress space, according to overthecap.com, truthful the Raiders person the accidental to greatly upgrade their roster. It's astir definite they volition usage that apical prime connected Fernando Mendoza, who won the Heisman Trophy and quarterbacked Indiana to the nationalist championship.
But the Raiders volition request to situation Mendoza with a batch much endowment than is presently connected the roster. Their apical priorities apt volition beryllium improving the violative enactment and uncovering a No. 1 wide receiver. The defence doesn't person a glaring weakness, but tin usage assistance passim that broadside of the ball.
Kubiak, 38, confirmed during an on-field interrogation with NFL Network aft the Seahawks won the Super Bowl connected Sunday that helium was heading to Las Vegas. Not that it was a surprise.
Kubiak and the Raiders began moving toward finalizing an statement much than a week agone for him to instrumentality the job, a idiosyncratic with cognition of the discussions said astatine the time. The idiosyncratic spoke to The Associated Press connected information of anonymity due to the fact that nary declaration was successful spot and nary announcement could beryllium made until aft the Super Bowl successful Santa Clara, California.
He'll beryllium the 3rd manager successful 3 seasons for the Raiders and 5th full-time person since they moved to Las Vegas successful 2020. He succeeds Pete Carroll, who went 3-14 successful 1 play successful Las Vegas aft a storied tally with Seattle that included 2 Super Bowl appearances and 1 championship.
The Raiders person been searching for a way backmost to their glory days. Three Lombardi Trophies beryllium successful the team's facility, but the Raiders haven't won a playoff crippled since their past Super Bowl quality successful the 2002 season. They person made the postseason conscionable doubly since, astir precocious successful the 2021 season.
Kubiak oversaw a Seahawks discourtesy that went from being ranked 18th the twelvemonth earlier successful scoring to 3rd successful the NFL this play and from 14th to eighth successful yardage.
His enactment with backmost Sam Darnold was peculiarly notable. Darnold completed 67.7% of his passes for 4,048 yards with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions this season. Drafted 3rd wide by the New York Jets successful 2018, Darnold had been considered a bust until starring Minnesota to a 14-win play successful 2024. But the Vikings moved connected from Darnold, and helium proved that play was nary fluke, winning 14 games successful the regular play with Seattle and 3 much successful the playoffs to hoist the Lombardi Trophy.
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