The Raiders were supposed to be the favorites to land Ben Johnson as their next head coach, but despite the hype, Johnson quietly chose the Chicago Bears on Monday afternoon.
Now the Raiders will have to regroup, and according to The Athletic’s Vic Tafur, there’s already a new name to fill the front runner void left by Johnson.
“The Raiders have to turn to their alternatives, and former Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll is believed to be the Raiders’ top option, according to league sources,” Tafur reported on Monday night. “Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn is also believed to be a strong candidate, but many around the league expect him to wind up with the New Orleans Saints, the team he played for and coached for, or the New York Jets, who he also played for.”
After all the noise around Johnson, it’s hard to feel confident about anything reported on the Raiders’ coaching search, but it’s worth noting that several insiders have been suggesting Carroll would be the backup plan if Johnson left Tom Brady at all the altar.
Prior to all the speculation around Johnson, Sports Illustrated insider Hondo Carpenter talked about the qualities he believed Tom Brady and company were going to prioritize in their head coaching search.
After all the noise around Johnson, it’s hard to feel confident about anything reported on the Raiders’ coaching search. However, just like savvy fans who turn to Gamblizard for insights and promotions in the world of sports betting, it’s worth noting that several insiders have been suggesting Carroll would be the backup plan if Johnson left Tom Brady at the altar.
“I believe what the Raiders are doing is I believe that their goal is… they want an experienced head coach who’s going to come in and grip this franchise and take it somewhere,” Carpenter said on the Las Vegas Raiders Insider podcast.
“You may have no doubt that’s exactly what they want. I have zero doubt. That’s not speculative,” Hondo continued. “They know what they want. That’s why I think they’re going to end up with an experienced head coach.”
Safe to say, Carroll matches the above description a lot better than Johnson would have.
If Carroll ends up getting the job, it will be interesting to see who he can bring with him to turn around the offense.
Defensively, the Raiders should be fine if they can re-sign some of their players and keep Maxx Crosby, but who’s going to be the coordinator that’s able to breathe life into an offense currently led by Aidan O’Connell at quarterback?
And as a side note, the Hendon Hooker to Las Vegas rumors officially died today, as well.
x: @raidersbeat
Hire Jon Spytek as GM, Hire Pete Carroll to be HC and elevate Edgar Bennett to OC, find a good O-line coach,make Rob Leonard DC
Raiders are a sh. I show ! 2025 and no relief in sight! ! Squandered so many opportunities over the decades! Organization needs real football people! Plain and simple! Been a fan since lamonica,wells, Hubbard etc! Sad times be a raider fan these days!!
Raider fan for 60 years 💪 Fire Mark Davis 🤬
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE….JOHN.GRUDEN WAS CANCELED BY.THE FASCISTS THAT RUN THE NFL. DEI AND THE NAZI THAT IS ROGER GODELL NEEDS TO BE REMOVED AND AMERICAS GAME NEEDS TO GET BACK TO BEING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FAN BASE. WE ARE AMERICANS NOT EURO MARXISTS👿
JOHN GRUDEN IS STILL THE ONLY WINNING COACH SINCE TOM FLORES……GET HIM BACK IMMEDIATELY OR THE SHITSHOW CONTINUES 🏈
Just don’t let him draft. Bring back telesco back as well
Pete is who is needed. A turn around expert. Patriots, USC, Seahawks. My Raiders needs his experience.
These days they have been irrelevant for decades
I agree.
Pete Carroll would be a huge improvement over Antonio Pierce, but they may regret firing Telesco as he appeared to be a great improvement in drafting and signing players off other teams practice squads. Didn’t make sense to fire him bc of the Minshew signing. With this bottom-tier OL no QB would have been successful. Mark “no clue” Davis needs to go!
Hey oak town raider, are you serious about Tom Telesco???? He let jacobs walk and tried to put a band-aid on the qb position my bringing in Menshew. How did that work out?? 100 million for a Dlineman that never played! He has not signed any free agents with expiring contracts. Could you honestly tell me what he really did in his cubicle? Deer in headlights totally useless. Now the raiders want to bring in another charger reject for a 2nd interview.????? Now Pete Carroll??? 1 step forward and 2 steps backwards. We are really doomed.
That’s why chargers let him go
Stop the procrastinating and make some **** moves !!!! SO sick of the rumor mill and who is the top candidate,
and who Brady wants to hie as GM & pair with the coach because he likes them , hire the coach, work with him to select a GM he an work with and get a QB. All this stuff on the rumor mills is getting quite old after years of it..
Sh t or get off the pot,
Starting to feel like Davis and Brady are more like Dumb and Dumber, we have taken the sh show and doubled down!
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE….JOHN.GRUDEN WAS CANCELED BY.THE FASCISTS THAT RUN THE NFL. DEI AND THE NAZI THAT IS ROGER GODELL NEEDS TO BE REMOVED AND AMERICAS GAME NEEDS TO GET BACK TO BEING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FAN BASE. WE ARE AMERICANS NOT EURO MARXISTS👿
JOHN GRUDEN IS STILL THE ONLY WINNING COACH SINCE TOM FLORES……GET HIM BACK IMMEDIATELY OR THE SHITSHOW CONTINUES 🏈
No MAGGOTS in the Raiders fan base! Let’s start there!
BRING BACK
Del Rio … Mike Tice…. for starters….
Only coach who ever got fired at 12 – 4….
Grudens peak has sailed….
Pete Carroll would be a wise choice at least he has super bowl experience right now we need experience not more experiments
HC-Pete Carroll. GM-Tex Schramm. Age before beauty.
Ben Johnson abruptly flipped on the Raiders because of Tom Brady. What do I mean? On that trick play with Jameis Williamson throwing the INT, Tom Brady let Johnson have it on air. Saying it was not the time for a trick play. Especially one requiring Williamson to read a defense. He had plenty of time to just get back to business. Because of that call, whatever kind of relationship that Brady had built with Johnson was torn down 👎🏾 Johnson took that as a backstab because like many thought, he felt he was already with the Raiders. Signing the deal was just a formality. Once again, just like the Raiders winning those two meaningless games, they always find a way to fk it up. The opposite of just win baby 🙄
Kind of a reach…
That’s an interesting point about Johson and Brady. You might be correct. Now I’m starting to wonder about Brady. He’s trying to play sports announcer and he sucks. And now he’s trying to play GM. Is he going to suck at that too?Only the hapless Raiders. 60 years a fan, don’t know how much more I can take! But as always, RNFL.
Just don’t let him draft. Bring back telesco back as well
Bring back CHUCKY now! Saleh for DC and Monken for OC. Spytek will do the draft with champ Bailey and the goat.
Believe it or not but they need to bring back JON FUCKEN GRUDEN!
Pete Carroll,🤣👎
The raiders what can you say about the raiders. They can’t do anything right. Mark Davis don’t get it and never will. I just feel sorry for his mother. It’s about the money after all.