On January 31st, The Las Vegas Raiders made a bold move in hiring offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels as head coach. McDaniels, well known for being a coordinator in New England, had a history of being a head coach in the NFL. The Raiders have hope the former New England coordinator has learned from his past experiences for success. In the first three weeks of the 2022 season, anything but success is happening for Vegas. The season is a bust for Las Vegas with an 0-3 record, and McDaniels is a prime reason. The offense looks sloppy, with Derek Carr struggling with the pass and the run game not working. With the offensive scheming falling apart, the defense will be tired out for the other team to rally. The Raiders’ gamble on McDaniels is a complete disaster, and they need to fire him now.
The Raiders Under McDaniels Plan
Josh Mcdaniels’ offensive specialty, especially in New England, is a heavy run system with power runs. McDaniels has a preference for tight ends and slot receivers in his offenses. This system works with the Patriots but is insufficient, depending on slots than a man the Raiders traded and extended. The system can also complicate the players themselves, according to Davante Adams. With an overreliance on tight ends and slot receivers like Hunter Renfrow and Darren Waller than Davante Adams, it showed with Adams’s low stats. The passing attack has also burned them out in their losses, with critical drives ending in three and outs. Las Vegas offense in Mcdaniels’ system is below the top 20 in passing and last in rushing. Being last in the offense this year proves that Josh McDaniels is not an acceptable head coach.
How it Cost Them Week 2
The game planning from McDaniels has cost the Raiders and tires their defenses out. In week two of the season against Arizona, the Raiders were up 23-7 in the fourth quarter with the ball. The Raiders did nothing with mostly shotgun plays in twenty-four seconds and punted the ball back to them. That made a tired defense in their last drive fold against them a touchdown. The game later pivoted into a Raiders loss in overtime, with the team being tired out and fumbling to lose the game. McDaniels scheming cost them the game with check-downs in their last fourth-quarter drive before overtime.
Fire McDaniels
The Raiders’ gamble on Josh McDaniels has turned into a disaster, and they need to fire him now. McDaniels offensive scheming does not fit well in the team plans with low passing and running statistics. The scheming cost Las Vegas one of their games and didn’t help their defense in critical moments. Josh Mcdaniels’ head coaching history before should have been a warning, but the Raiders took the gamble, and it failing and firing him might at least fix their situation right now.