Offensive line struggles and 13 penalties doom the Raiders. Coaching changes follow a dismal offensive showing against the Browns.
The Las Vegas Raiders just can not catch a break.
In a battle of two-win teams against the Cleveland Browns in Week 12, it was Shedeur Sanders who led Cleveland to the 24-10 win in Las Vegas in his first NFL start.
Things were so bad for the Las Vegas offense that OC Chip Kelly was fired after the game, and Bob Bicknell, a senior offensive assistant and Kelly's right-hand man, was also let go.
Nick Shook of NFL.com had takeaways for the Browns' win over the Raiders, and this one was not good at all for Las Vegas.
Shook had the takeaway titled, "Las Vegas Descends Deeper Into Darkness," and here's what he wrote about the "abysmal" OL play.
"We've known the Raiders' offensive line is abysmal and has been for most of the 2025 season. Its showing on Sunday, however, was truly unbelievable. Smith almost never had time to throw unless it was a quick drop and fire, spent about as much time picking himself up off the Allegiant Stadium field as he spent upright, yet he still managed to throw for 285 yards and a garbage-time touchdown. The numbers don't accurately tell the story, though, because this Raiders team is a mess in every phase of the game. The defense is marred by poor tackling, special teams has already been an adventurous experience (and not for good reason) in 2025 and the team racked up 13 penalties for 109 yards Sunday, leading me to struggle to believe this is a Pete Carroll-coached team. In a matchup of 2-8 teams, Raiders fans had reason to believe their team would be competitive and perhaps pull out a win. Instead, Las Vegas was dominated on its home turf, punctuating what has been a dreadful year."
To put it bluntly, it has been a dreadful year for just about everybody in Vegas, and the Pete Carroll-Geno Smith experiment looks like a big mistake so far.
The Raiders only have a tougher test coming up with games against the Chargers, Broncos, Eagles and Texans before finishing against the Giants and Chiefs. A 3-14 season is a very realistic possibility, and there is a path to the Raiders changing things again in what has been a horrible season.