The Raiders have agreed to hire Patrick Graham as their new defensive coordinator, according to sources who spoke with NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero (Twitter link). With that, Graham will make a lateral move from the Giants to work under newly-hired head coach Josh McDaniels in Las Vegas. 
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New Giants head coach Brian Daboll wanted to retain Graham as his DC, even though he was a Joe Judge holdover. The two men worked together in New England, but their history wasn’t enough for Graham to stay put. Ultimately, Graham would have liked to stay as the head coach. The Giants and Vikings both had him as a finalist, but he did not land an HC offer in this cycle.
“I have had a good relationship with Pat for some time in this league,” Daboll said at his introductory press conference. “He’s very diligent. He’s smart. I think the players respect him. I have a good working relationship with him. Selfishly, I would love him to be here“.
It’s also worth noting that Graham has even more ties with the Raiders’ new regime — he’ll now work with fellow ex-Patriots in McDaniels and recently crowned GM Dave Ziegler. McDaniels and Graham overlapped in New England from the 2011 postseason through the end of the 2015 season, when Graham left for the G-Men.
Did the raiders hire judge to ST coordinator yet?
Would’ve rather had Desai, hope this works out
dude was getting HC interviews but Giants didnt want much to keep him. never change Mara.
What are you talking about? They extended him last year as DC for passing up HC interviews, then wanted to retain him this year under Daboll. That’s the definition of wanting to retain him.
To pay him last offseason to pass up HC interviews and then not hire him when the job opens up is the definition of not valuing him as much as it appears
I do understand that perspective. I liked what he did most of the time with the personnel. although going to the Raiders with a newly minted HC, he isn’t likely to take over there either. I think there may be some other reasons we as fans are not privy to.
Was the giants D any good? I really liked the old regime. Except for the two chiefs games it was the most competent the D has looked in 20 years
It overachieved considering there was a lack of pass rushers and the secondary had a rash of injuries and they were without Martinez most of the year (their best, most consistent LB).
Go get Zimmer
His pass D is better than his run but overall I don’t see this being some otherworldly good hire.
It’s probably fair to ask how much of that run defense can be attributed to the Giants awful offense. You didn’t need to sling it 40 times a game to outscore the Giants in ’21.
three FGs is all you really needed to beat them
If he’s making a lateral move, he definitely has taken issue with Mara, which is quite something given how he’s running into the arms of Mark Davis.
Graham probably felt his time in NY had reached its peak.I wish him well with the Raiders.
I hope he wears that hat every game he coaches