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HENDERSON, Nev. -- The Las Vegas Raiders fired coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler, the team announced Tuesday night.
"After much thought about what the Raiders need to move forward, I have decided to part ways with Josh and Dave," owner Mark Davis said in a statement. "I want to thank them both for their hard work and wish them and their families nothing but the best."
Reached by phone and asked to elaborate on the reason for the firings, Davis told ESPN, "No comment at this time."
The Raiders named linebackers coach Antonio Pierce as their interim head coach. The team also said that current assistant general manager Champ Kelly will serve as interim GM. In announcing those promotions, the organization said it is committed to undergoing "a comprehensive search" for a head coach and general manager "once the season is complete."
Davis would not say who would take on offensive playcalling duties, as that was McDaniels' job. Phone calls to McDaniels and Ziegler were not returned.
The move comes one day after the Raiders lost 26-14 at Detroit on "Monday Night Football," Las Vegas' second consecutive defeat in which the team's offense could get no traction. The defeat dropped the Raiders' record to 3-5.
McDaniels and Ziegler, both hired in January 2022, inherited a 10-7 team that made an unexpected run to the playoffs during the 2021 season -- just the organization's second postseason bid since 2002 -- under interim coach Rich Bisaccia and then-GM Mike Mayock, who took over following the in-season resignation of coach Jon Gruden.
Davis said at the time that McDaniels and Ziegler were expected to take the team to the "next step" in its evolution. Instead, the Raiders went a combined 9-16 without a playoff appearance under the new regime.
McDaniels did not last two full seasons in his previous stop as a head coach, either, going a combined 11-17 with the Denver Broncos from 2009-10.
Davis was enamored with McDaniels' offensive system and his pedigree as a longtime offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots, with whom he won six Super Bowl rings.
But the offensive success did not translate to Las Vegas, and the Raiders suffered some of the most embarrassing defeats in franchise history under the McDaniels-Ziegler duo. That included blowing a 20-0 halftime lead against Arizona for the biggest collapse in franchise history, losing to Indianapolis in the Colts' first game with Jeff Saturday as interim coach after he had never coached above the high school level, blowing a double-digit lead to Baker Mayfield and the Los Angeles Rams two days after Mayfield joined his new team, and getting shut out in New Orleans when the starting offense failed to cross the 50-yard line.
Two weeks ago, Las Vegas lost 30-12 to Chicago and undrafted rookie former Division II quarterback Tyson Bagent in his first career start.
The Raiders this season moved on from nine-year starter Derek Carr, who was benched and inactive for the final two weeks of 2022. In March, they signed the oft-injured Jimmy Garoppolo -- McDaniels' former pupil in New England -- to a three-year, $72.75 million free agent contract. Shortly after signing with Las Vegas, Garoppolo underwent left foot surgery that caused him to miss the entirety of the Raiders' offseason on-field program and be on a "pitch count" in training camp.
Garoppolo has missed 2½ games this season due to a concussion and back injury and leads the NFL in interceptions with nine. He is coming off one of the worst statistical games of his career in Detroit.
The Raiders currently have just the No. 31-ranked total offense in yards per game, are No. 32 in rushing yards per game and rank No. 30 in points scored per game (15.8). All-Pros Davante Adams and Josh Jacobs have been underutilized at receiver and running back, respectively, for most of the season. Adams had one catch for 11 yards at Detroit and has not caught a TD pass since Week 3, while Jacobs, the NFL's reigning rushing leader, has yet to record a 100-yard rushing game this season, bottoming out at -2 yards in a Week 2 blowout loss at the Buffalo Bills.
Then there's former Pro Bowl slot receiver Hunter Renfrow, who caught 103 passes in 2021, but has just 10 receptions on 16 targets this season.
Pierce will be the eighth different coach, interim or regular, for the Raiders since Davis took over control of the team after the death of his father, Al Davis, in October 2011. He follows Hue Jackson, Dennis Allen, Tony Sparano, Jack Del Rio, Gruden, Bisaccia and McDaniels.
Pierce will make his NFL head-coaching debut Sunday against the 2-6 New York Giants, with whom he won a Super Bowl as a player in 2007.
 
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Haha Good one Brendan. That was a pathetic offensive performance Monday night. Jimmy G sucks.
 

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What are the Bears waiting for?
At least Al Davis was competitive…his son is a joke
problem with the bears is no one wants that job. you look at McDaniel and say his success was because of Brady. outside that success look at what he did in Denver then Vegas and it's laughable . Carr is starting to gain confidence in Saints land while Jimmy G another guy McDaniels was familiar with is not . He is about as talented as Joe Torre . take away the Yankees and Torre was on the same page . sorry Yankee fans look at his prior resume before handed the victories
 

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Jimmy G for Carr was a game changer

Ex Patriots' QBs killed Josh both times
 

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Anyone who denies Brady is the GOAT needs to re-evaluate.
McDaniels leaves and flounders, as did Patricia, as Bill B is also doing without Tom.
 

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McDaniel kicking a field goal down 8 with 2:30 left vs Pittsburgh was probably funniest thing I’ve seen in the nfl in years and that’s saying something.

Surprised he didn’t get fired at the 2 minute warning
 

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When the Raiders hired McDaniels to be their new coach in January 2022, they signed him to a six-year deal worth approximately $10 million per season.

As is often the case with NFL coaches, there wasn't any concrete reporting about how much McDaniels was making. That said, it is believed that his overall contract value made him one of the 10 highest-paid coaches in the NFL, checking in just ahead of Mike Vrabel ($9.5 million per year) and tying him with Kyle Shanahan ($10 million per season) on the list. ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that the team is still on the hook for the final four-plus years of his contract.
 

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Raiders bench Jimmy Garoppolo, to start Aidan O'Connell at QB.​

HENDERSON, Nev. -- Las Vegas Raiders rookie quarterback Aidan O'Connell will start in place of high-priced and oft-injured veteran Jimmy Garoppolo beginning Sunday against the New York Giants at Allegiant Stadium.
The change comes in the wake of the Raiders firing coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler.
"It will be Aidan going forward," interim coach Antonio Pierce said Wednesday.
Pierce was promoted from linebackers coach, and assistant general manager Champ Kelly was elevated to interim GM.
McDaniels was the offensive playcaller, and it was his scheme the Raiders were running. With offensive coordinator Mick Lombardi also fired, the Raiders are promoting quarterbacks coach Bo Hardegree to offensive coordinator and playcaller.
The question remains, though -- if the NFL's No. 31-ranked total offense in yards per game was the problem, and it was McDaniels' scheme, what system do the Raiders run going forward? Two years ago, when then-coach Jon Gruden resigned, the Raiders maintained his system and new playcaller Greg Olson, a previous offensive coordinator in the league, put his own spin on it. Hardegree has never been an NFL playcaller, and you have to wonder what playbook he will use.
O'Connell, a fourth-round pick out of Purdue, started the Raiders' Week 4 loss at the Los Angeles Chargers, when Garoppolo was out with a concussion, and came on in relief of 15-season veteran Brian Hoyer in Las Vegas' Week 7 loss at the Chicago Bears, when Garoppolo was out with a back injury.
In his limited action, O'Connell has completed 65.4% of his passes (34 of 52) for 313 yards, with one touchdown pass and two interceptions for a rating of 72.0 and a Total QBR of 7.6. He has also been sacked seven times and has lost two of his three fumbles. However, he is seen as having a stronger arm than Garoppolo or Hoyer, a necessity for the vertical game missing from the Raiders' playbook.
Garoppolo, meanwhile, is struggling through his worst season as a full-time starter after signing a three-year, $72.75 million free agent contract with Las Vegas in March and then immediately having surgery on his left foot. He is completing 65.5% of his passes (110 of 168) for 1,205 yards, with seven touchdowns and a league-leading nine interceptions, despite missing 2½ games with injuries.
Garoppolo is guaranteed $11.25 million for the 2024 season. His base salary, also $11.25 million, would become guaranteed on the fifth day of the 2024 league year.
 

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^^^^^^^

And there is the confirmation

Maybe Josh refused to bench Jimmy G, and that was the last straw
 

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Jimmy G. might want to pursue a modeling career.
He's only 31
It's not to late
 

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he Should open a night club and have McDaniel valet park . Fucking clowns
 

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Davis said at the time that McDaniels and Ziegler were expected to take the team to the "next step" in its evolution. Instead, the Raiders went a combined 9-16 without a playoff appearance under the new regime.
McDaniels did not last two full seasons in his previous stop as a head coach, either, going a combined 11-17 with the Denver Broncos from 2009-10.
Davis was enamored with McDaniels' offensive system and his pedigree as a longtime offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots, with whom he won six Super Bowl rings.

6 Super Bowl Rings explains it’s not the coach it’s the players?!? IMO…. Talent helps coach and a coach can coach talent. maybe best for McDaniels to go to PSU….
 

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Played Wide Receiver in college, he C’s and know the X’s and O’s. I would return to college ball with his 10 million…. Get out of Vegas fast! :cool:
 
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Anyone who denies Brady is the GOAT needs to re-evaluate.
McDaniels leaves and flounders, as did Patricia, as Bill B is also doing without Tom.
Agree 100%, same for Kevin Sumlin ( Johnny Manziel) Nathaniel Hacket, Luke Getsy - Aaron Rodgers, Lovie Smith - Urlacher , Briggs, coaches that have sucked or failed hard after having great players
 

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