Raiders Fire HC Pete Carroll
As expected, the Raiders will have a new head coach in place next season. Vegas has fired Pete Carroll, per a team announcement.
Over the course of the 2025 season, it became increasingly clear Carroll’s NFL return would prove to be a one-and-done venture with respect to the Raiders. The Super Bowl winner fired a pair of coordinators in season, including the highly-compensated Chip Kelly at OC. Tension between Carroll and Kelly contributed to a highly underwhelming output on offense, something which did not tangibly improve after their split.
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Vegas won on Sunday against a Chiefs team which also had nothing to play for. That result ended a 10-game losing streak for the Raiders, but the Giants’ loss earlier in the day ensured Vegas will own the No. 1 pick in April’s draft. Selecting a quarterback first overall will no doubt become the expectation over the coming months, but before then a new head coach will need to be hired.
2025 saw general manager John Spytek brought in as part of the sweeping changes made by Vegas. He will play a leading role in the search for Carroll’s replacement. The statement issued by owner Mark Davis confirms to no surprise, though, that Tom Brady will work “in close collaboration” with Spytek on all matters of football operations. That includes the second HC search the pair will oversee.
Since moving to Vegas, the Raiders have been defined in large part by instability on the sidelines and in the front office. Jon Gruden‘s resignation has been followed by unsuccessful outside hires (Josh McDaniels, Carroll) and brief interim stints (Rich Bisaccia, Antonio Pierce) in between. Davis elected to give Pierce the full-time gig for 2024, a decision which did not pan out as hoped. Carroll represented a highly decorated replacement, but a win-now approach which included the trade acquisition of quarterback Geno Smith failed to produce the desired results. By late December, a large expectation existed that Carroll’s Vegas tenure would prove to be only one season in length.
Carroll was the oldest hire in NFL history when he joined the Raiders last winter. Now 74, his future on the sidelines will naturally be in doubt. A strong market is unlikely to exist in this case given Carroll’s relatively underwhelming end to his Seahawks tenure and his 3-14 campaign upon returning to the sidelines following a one-year absence. Carroll expressed a desire to remain with the Raiders for next season, but with that no longer an option it will be interesting to see if his coaching career will continue.
Numerous hires on the sidelines will be coming soon for the Raiders given the changes made during the campaign. Vegas joins Cleveland, Atlanta, Tennessee and the Giants as a team in need of a new head coach. The search process for Carroll’s replacement is set to begin immediately.
Pete Carroll Did Not Want Maxx Crosby Shut Down; Raiders Trading Star Edge Rusher In Play?
The Raiders have resisted trading Maxx Crosby amid a set of down years, giving him a monster extension to stay as the Tom Brady-John Spytek-Pete Carroll regime took over. Las Vegas’ late-season decision to shelve Crosby may represent a breaking point in this relationship.
Crosby has spoken out against the Raiders’ apparent tanking for the No. 1 overall pick, doing so after showing a video in which he played basketball and jumped on a trampoline following a report he needs meniscus surgery. Without a draft lottery in place, the team had plenty of incentive to move in this direction.
Crosby was not the only marquee Raider shut down before Week 17, as the team placed Brock Bowers on IR ahead of a pivotal loss to the Giants. While Bowers will not be going anywhere ahead of the 2026 season, Crosby no longer appears a lock to stay.
Not long after a report indicating Crosby would evaluate his Raiders future surfaced, The Athletic’s Dianna Russini indicates many around the league are wondering about this situation. Many believe a trade could take place if this dispute persists. The Raiders could cash in the Jon Gruden 2.0-era draftee for valuable draft capital as the Brady-Spytek duo follows through with a rebuild. Carroll does not appear to be part of that vision any longer, with the Raiders expected to make him a one-and-done HC following this dismal season.
Carroll is believed to be pushing for a second season, and Outkick.com’s Armando Salguero notes that the veteran HC was overruled on Crosby. Carroll wanted Crosby for the stretch run, per Salguero, while the decision to sit him “came down from on high.” It is not exactly surprising a coach on the hot seat wanted his top player available, but a coach-front office disagreement of this sort is certainly notable given the dysfunction that has plagued the Raiders in recent years.
The four-time NFL HC pitched a quicker turnaround in his interview last year, and the Raiders went in that direction. Though, they only hired Carroll after a Brady-led push for Ben Johnson failed. That represented a striking shift, as Carroll became the oldest HC in NFL history — at 74 — this season. The Raiders are 2-14 and will likely be looking (again) for a new quarterback soon; the Carroll-Geno Smith reunion has not panned out. The No. 1 overall pick will give the Raiders a great chance to finally solve their post-Derek Carr dilemma, with Fernando Mendoza links already emerging.
Carroll understandably disagrees on the topic of a rebuild, but it appears that is where the Raiders are headed. Crosby is signed through 2029, with three years (and $106.5MM) tacked onto his previous deal. With $30MM of Crosby’s 2025 compensation tied up in base salary, the Raiders would not eat much dead money by moving him in 2026. The team would incur barely $5MM by dealing this contract. With Crosby exiting his age-28 season, plenty of suitors would emerge.
Mark Davis has shut down Crosby trade inquiries in the past (including at this year’s deadline), but time is running out to sell high here. Crosby will be entering his eighth NFL season in 2026. He has made five straight Pro Bowls and finished with the most tackles for loss in the NFL in 2022 and ’23, doing so despite the Raiders struggling and not giving him much help in terms of a sidekick bookend in those years. Crosby actually improved on his TFL number this season, delivering 28 before his season ended against his wishes after 15 games. That is a career-best number by five, though Myles Garrett‘s 32 — a number that sits behind only J.J. Watt‘s transcendent 2012 for most this century — leads the league.
I discussed the prospect of Crosby being a clearer 2026 trade candidate than Garrett in this week’s PFR Chat, even as the Browns icon is in a similar position. Crosby is also more than a year younger, giving the Raiders an interesting opportunity. While it would be difficult to replace Crosby, it appears Brady and Spytek are much more open to the idea compared to Carroll. That could win out for Davis. Speaking out against such an approach previously, Crosby will likely find himself in trade rumors soon.
Raiders Expected To Fire HC Pete Carroll
A clear majority of PFR’s readers believe Pete Carroll will be a one-and-done head coach in Vegas. Signs continue to point in that direction. 
Carroll is expected to be dismissed following Week 18, CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones reports. A departure could still come in the form of retirement, NFL insider Jordan Schultz adds. In any case, yet another Raiders coaching search appears to be forthcoming.
Owner Mark Davis has not yet stated which way he is leaning to anyone in the organization, according to Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. Their report nevertheless confirms Carroll is set to be replaced this offseason. With Vegas on track to secure the No. 1 pick in the 2026 draft, meanwhile, a major reset will likely be in store over the coming months.
Carroll has been “fighting for another year” at the helm of the Raiders, per the NFLN report. The 2025 season has been messy to say the least, however, with two coordinators being fired in the middle of the campaign. Vegas’ offense has struggled throughout the season, and selecting a rookie at the top of the draft could allow for the team to move in a new direction for 2026 and beyond. At the age of 74, Carroll naturally does not profile as a candidate regarding a long-term overhaul.
A win-now campaign (or at least something close to it) was the goal with Carroll, first-year general manager John Spytek, minority owner Tom Brady and veteran quarterback Geno Smith being brought in last offseason. The reunion between Carroll and Smith has not yielded the desired results, and Vegas enters tomorrow’s action with 14 losses – including 10 in a row. Widespread evaluations of coaching and quarterback options will become a central priority provided the Raiders do indeed make a change on the sidelines.
Jones, Schultz and Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer note Brady is set to play a leading role in not only the HC search but also the process of evaluating quarterback options. The seven-time Super Bowl champion is known to be a central voice in the Raiders’ decision-making, and that should be expected to remain the case for the foreseeable future. As Michael Silver of The Athletic writes (subscription required), Davis has treated Brady as the “de facto boss” of the team with respect to football matters. Per Silver, even some inside the organization are unsure of who is behind certain decisions given the Davis-Brady dynamic.
Stability in the front office over an extended period would of course be welcomed in the Raiders’ case considering the changes which have been commonplace on that front over time. A long-running cycle of moves on the sidelines has defined the franchise as well, and it seems as though another reset in that regard is imminent.
Poll: Will Raiders Fire Pete Carroll?
Pete Carroll became the oldest head coach in NFL history when the Raiders hired him last January. With a resume that includes a Super Bowl championship and a national title, expectations were that the Raiders would give the 74-year-old a long leash. However, now a week away from finishing a disastrous season under Carroll, the Raiders may go in another direction in 2026.
In a game featuring 2-13 teams and top contenders for the No. 1 pick in the 2026 draft, the Raiders took a 34-10 beating at the hands of the Giants on Sunday. The outcome may be good for the Raiders’ future – they’re now in pole position to draft first – but it continued a brutal run for the Carroll-led club. Las Vegas has now dropped 10 in a row. The Raiders haven’t been competitive during several games in that stretch. They’ve lost three by 24-plus points and two via shutout.
With the Raiders showing little life on the field, Carroll has reportedly been on the hot seat for weeks. Moves to shake up his first (and perhaps only) Raiders coaching staff haven’t gotten the team out of the basement. Carroll parted with special teams coach Tom McMahon and offensive coordinator Chip Kelly at different points in November, but the losing hasn’t stopped.
Even though Kelly was the league’s highest-paid OC, and although part-owner Tom Brady was instrumental in hiring him, the Raiders cut the cord on the experienced play caller. The philosophies of Carroll and Kelly clashed during their 11-game run together.
The Raiders’ offense averaged a horrid 15 points per game with Kelly at the controls, but replacing him with Greg Olson hasn’t worked. The number has fallen to 14.2 since Kelly’s ouster. Not surprisingly, the Raiders are last in the league in scoring.
Hoping to improve Carroll’s chances of immediate success, the Raiders reunited him with quarterback Geno Smith. They traded a 2025 third-rounder to Seattle for Smith and immediately handed him a two-year, $75MM extension. While Smith performed well as Carroll’s starter in Seattle from 2022-23, that hasn’t been the case in a new city. Smith has been among the league’s least effective QBs this year, which is among the reasons Carroll may be at risk of a one-and-done tenure in Las Vegas.
While this has easily been the worst season of Carroll’s 19 as an NFL head coach, he still believes Raiders ownership (Mark Davis and Brady) is in his corner. Brady’s presence helped steer Carroll to Las Vegas, but the results have been so poor that the two sides may be on their way to a divorce a year later. It wouldn’t be the first short-lived Vegas marriage.
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Pete Carroll Addresses Job Security; Raiders Interested In Jesse Minter?
The Raiders took a step toward securing the first overall pick by losing yesterday. Vegas now has a record of 2-14, though, and the team has lost 10 straight games.
The fate of head coach Pete Carrol therefore remains something to watch closely as ‘Black Monday’ approaches. The Super Bowl winner has been named a strong one-and-done candidate on multiple occasions, although he fully plans to remain with the Raiders beyond the final week of the season. Carroll spoke after Sunday’s loss and reiterated his stance that ownership still backs him.
“I do. From all the guys I’ve talked to, I do feel like I have their support,” the 74-year-old said (video link). “What does that mean? I don’t know, but our conversations have been really good.”
Such remarks are commonplace late in the season for coaches in danger of being dismissed. As Carroll is no doubt well aware, dialogue with ownership in no way guarantees stability from one year to the next. The Raiders in particular have cycled through a long list of HC and GM combinations in recent years, including the organization’s reshaping in 2025. Carroll was hired during Tom Brady‘s first offseason as an official minority owner, one in which John Spytek was brought in as general manager.
Things have certainly not gone according to plan this year. Carroll has already fired a pair of coordinators – including the highly-compensated Chip Kelly – with production on offense proving to be a major challenge. The Raiders also rank 25th in the NFL in scoring defense, an illustration of the extent to which widespread improvement will be required in 2026. Two HC vacancies currently exist around the league, and more will soon open; whether or not Vegas joins the list of suitors for a new coach will be interesting to monitor over the coming days.
In the event a change is made on the sidelines, several staffers with a defensive background are set to dominate the pool of replacement candidates. One of those is Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, whom Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated identifies as a “name to keep an eye on” with respect to Vegas. Minter developed a strong track record in the college ranks before following Jim Harbaugh from Michigan to the Bolts in 2024. Los Angeles has thrived defensively under Minter. The 42-year-old has not served as a head coach yet during his career, but that could soon change and the Raiders could find themselves amongst his suitors.
Raiders HC Pete Carroll ‘Intent’ On Keeping Job
The Raiders brought in a new regime to guide their franchise in 2025, but unless the team somehow wins their final two games of the season, they’ll finish with their worst showing since the 2014 campaign. Considering the dismal on-field product, there have been some natural rumblings about Pete Carroll‘s job security. If the head coach has his way, he’ll be sticking in Las Vegas for the 2026 season.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero, the 74-year-old isn’t planning to retire. Instead, Carroll is “intent on convincing” owner Mark Davis that he should keep his job.
Rapoport and Pelissero detail the various issues the Raiders have dealt with in 2025. On the coaching staff, offensive coordinator Chip Kelly and special teams coordinator Tom McMahon were both canned. On the field, Geno Smith has tossed 14 interceptions after being acquired this offseason for a third-round pick. Meanwhile, sixth-overall pick Ashton Jeanty has been one of the least efficient RBs in the NFL, compiling 828 rushing yards on 224 carries. Individually, none of these issues are a direct indictment of Carroll. However, when combined, you can make a strong argument that the organization already requires a change.
Plus, as Rapoport and Pelissero note, Carroll wasn’t even the organization’s top choice to lead the squad. Tom Brady helped guide the search and landed his desired GM in John Spytek. However, the iconic QB saw his HC target, Ben Johnson, opt for the Bears gig. Both NFL Network reporters believe Brady will “increase his presence” this offseason as the team faces some crucial decisions.
Davis will ultimately have the final say, and the owner isn’t afraid to pull the plug if things aren’t working out. The Raiders have famously shuffled through coaches, as the team has employed five different head coaches (including interim HCs) over the past five years.
If Carroll is ultimately ousted, it will be a disappointing development for the former Super Bowl winner. His long stint in Seattle unceremoniously ended in 2023, but even then, the Seahawks never bottomed out, as Carroll still guided the team to a 9-8 record during his final season at the helm. Carroll has the track record of developing competitive squads, so perhaps the Raiders will give their head coach another season to right the ship. If not, the front office will be seeking yet another individual to lead their roster.
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DECEMBER 9: Several NFL executives predict Carroll will wind up being a one-and-done Raiders coach, Jason La Canfora of the Washington Post writes. If that holds true, it will be interesting to see if another NFL gig winds up presenting itself during the 2026 hiring cycle.
DECEMBER 8: After finishing a dismal 4-13 last season, the Raiders fired head coach Antonio Pierce and general manager Tom Telesco. Their replacements, Pete Carroll and John Spytek, are on pace to produce similarly poor results in 2025. At 2-11, the Raiders are tied with the Giants and Titans for the NFL’s worst record with four games remaining.
Although Carroll joined the Raiders with plenty of past success under his belt, he’s already on the hot seat. Carroll has fired two key assistants – offensive coordinator Chip Kelly, then the league’s highest-paid OC, and special teams coach Tom McMahon – in what has been a nightmarish season. With the Raiders having lost seven in a row, Carroll’s reshuffling of the coaching staff hasn’t worked.
Despite the Raiders’ struggles, Carroll hasn’t lost any desire to continue coaching, according to Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports. Already the oldest head coach in league history, Caroll will roam the sidelines at the age of 75 if he returns in 2026. However, it wouldn’t be surprising to see the Raiders move on from Carroll after this season, Jones says.
While Carroll’s Raiders tenure may go down as a one-and-done stint, the same isn’t true for Spytek. The 45-year-old “will continue to be considered safe,” Jones reports. That isn’t a surprise when considering Spytek’s ties to Raiders part-owner Tom Brady, who wields heavy influence over the franchise’s decisions.
Spytek and Brady were college teammates at the University of Michigan. Their paths crossed again when Spytek was a bigwig in the Buccaneers’ front office and Brady was their quarterback from 2020-22.
A few days after hiring Spytek, the Raiders brought in Carroll, who initially had reservations about the job. Carroll said Brady’s presence “shifted my thought about what this opportunity was about.” Expectations were that the Mark Davis-owned Raiders would afford the former Super Bowl winner a longer leash than they gave Pierce and Josh McDaniels, their most recent full-time head coaches. Pierce lasted 26 games (seven in an interim role), while McDaniels was in charge for 25. Carroll may not make it that far.
If the Raiders fire Carroll, they could wind up in the unenviable position of searching for a new head coach and a different starting quarterback for the second straight offseason. The modest success Carroll and former Seahawks starter Geno Smith had together in Seattle has not transferred to Las Vegas. Hoping he would provide a short-term answer under center, the Raiders traded a third-round pick for Smith last April and immediately gave him a two-year, $75MM extension. The move has backfired, though, with the 35-year-old performing like one of the league’s worst QBs this season. If Carroll isn’t safe, Smith might not be either.
Raiders HC Pete Carroll On Hot Seat?
Pete Carroll became the NFL’s oldest head coaching hire this past offseason when he was brought in by the Raiders. His return to the sidelines has not gone well, though, and it remains to be seen if a second Vegas season will be in store.
Carroll has already dismissed two coordinators – Tom McMahon (special teams) and Chip Kelly (offense) – this month. The Raiders sit at 2-10 at this point, and plenty of work will need to be done in the spring to improve the current roster. At 74, Carroll may not been seen as a strong fit for a rebuilding process.
The Super Bowl winner took a three-year contract to join the Raiders. Expectations for a relatively strong debut season were based in large part on the success Carroll had with quarterback Geno Smith. The two were reunited when Smith was acquired via trade, but that move has not yielded the desired results. Smith’s 13 interceptions lead the NFL, and finding consistent production on offense has proven to be a challenge.
Vegas will enter free agency and the draft this spring with questions about the team’s long-term outlook under center, but by that point another change on the sidelines may have taken place. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport notes (video link) Carroll is on the hot seat. A Saturday Rapoport report detailed the extent to which Carroll influenced the Raiders’ offense in 2025 and the tension it caused with Kelly. With notable firings having been made in-season, it will be interesting to see if Carroll remains in place for next year.
Instability on the sidelines and in the front office has been a defining characteristic of the Raiders during their time in Vegas. The team will look for a period of consistency with general manager John Spytek and minority owner Tom Brady (whose voice carries more weight than his title would imply) through the remainder of this season and beyond. Replacing Carroll would constitute a swing and miss from that duo while also continuing an unwanted trend of short HC tenures.
Since Jon Gruden‘s 2021 resignation, the Raiders have cycled through Rich Bisaccia, Josh McDaniels, Antonio Pierce and now Carroll as head coaches. A positive end to the season would quiet the talk surrounding a potential switch on the sidelines, although Vegas does not face high expectation in that respect.
Raiders HC Pete Carroll Heavily Influenced Offense During Chip Kelly’s Tenure
The Raiders have fired two coordinators this month, including OC Chip Kelly. His brief Vegas tenure fell well short of expectations to say the least. 
Despite giving Kelly $6MM per year to return to the NFL, the Raiders moved on in the immediate aftermath of a dismal loss against the Browns in Week 12. The team is tied for last in the NFL in scoring (15 points per game) and finding success on the ground has been a major challenge despite the presence of sixth overall pick Ashton Jeanty. Further details have emerged regarding the dynamic between Kelly and head coach Pete Carroll.
Many expected Kelly to receive a long leash in terms of handling the offense considering his contract and his track record at the NFL and college levels. As Ian Rapoport of NFL Network writes, however, Vegas’ offense in 2025 has been far different than any unit Kelly has led before. That is an illustration of the influence Carroll has yielded during his first year with the Raiders.
Per Rapoport, Kelly was “miffed” at the extent to which Carroll was “heavy-handed” with his role in directing the offense. Much of Vegas’ attack, opposing defensive coordinators have observed, has closely resembled what was in place during Carroll’s final season in Seattle. The Super Bowl-winning coach carrying over elements of his Seahawks schemes was always expected when he took the Raiders gig, but things have certainly not gone according to plan so far.
Trade acquisition Geno Smith reunited with Carroll this offseason. He has thrown an NFL-worst 13 interceptions, leading in large part to the 35-year-old posting a lower passer rating than any of his five Seahawks campaign. The coming Raiders offseason will once again be dominated by questions at the quarterback position. There is also a chance Carroll’s tenure could be in doubt even after one year in place.
Minority owner Tom Brady – well known to be a major voice in the Raiders’ decision-making – reportedly played a leading role in the Kelly hire. It will be interesting to see how Brady, owner Mark Davis and general manager John Spytek proceed with respect to Carroll’s status. That, in turn, will largely determine the team’s offensive coordinator for 2026.
Greg Olson will handle play-calling duties for the remainder of the season, one in which the Raiders would be expected (given their 2-9 record) to increasingly turn their attention to developing younger players. Largely speaking, that has not been the case to date with rookies other than Jeanty yet to receive major workloads. Rapoport notes there has been a “disconnect” based on Carroll’s mandate to compete right away and the reality of where Vegas stands in terms of talent on the roster.
The Raiders have lost five straight games, and they are among the teams which could be eliminated from playoff contention tomorrow. Moving forward, how (or if) Vegas manages to rebound on offense – along with Carroll’s impact in that regard – will be a storyline worth following.
Tom Brady Strongly Influenced Raiders’ Chip Kelly Hire; Latest On Pete Carroll
The Raiders have somehow regressed despite moving from the Gardner Minshew/Aidan O’Connell quarterback situation to Geno Smith, with the Antonio Pierce-to-Pete Carroll transition also failing to move the needle in the win column. One domino has already fallen in Las Vegas, as Chip Kelly is out as OC. More may well be positioned to topple soon.
Kelly had loomed as a Raiders OC target for two offseasons, being hired shortly after the team installed Carroll as HC. Minority owner Tom Brady is believed to have wielded strong influence in the Kelly hire, according to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini. This is unsurprising given how much power Brady is believed to have in Vegas, and Russini adds Mark Davis‘ preferred football czar is frustrated with the team’s overall performance.
Brady’s frustration likely contributed to the team’s decision to fire Kelly. It has now been three straight years of a Raiders OC being dismissed in-season. The team canned Mick Lombardi shortly after firing Josh McDaniels and GM Dave Ziegler in 2023, and Pierce booted Luke Getsy midway through the 2024 campaign. With Smith taking 10 sacks in an abysmal loss to the Browns, the Raiders acted early yet again. Kelly, who became the NFL’s highest-paid coordinator (at $6MM per year), is an NFL one-and-done once again. His most recent NFL post, as 49ers HC in 2016, ended after one year.
The Raiders firing Kelly now strips Carroll from having the chance to make this move in the offseason. Such an effort occurring then would have given the veteran leader a chance to frame that move as a way to convince Brady, Davis and GM John Spytek positive 2026 change would take place. With the firing coming in November, will Carroll have a chance to return as HC in 2026?
Some around the NFL are wondering if Carroll will join Kelly as a Raiders one-and-done, per ESPN.com’s Jeremy Fowler. The oldest HC in NFL history, the 74-year-old sideline staple has not come especially close to being the floor-raising presence expected in Vegas.
The Raiders made a stark pivot to Carroll after losing out on Ben Johnson, a coach Brady aggressively pursued this offseason (though, the team was not believed to have made an offer to the now-Bears HC). The team is 2-9 and ranks 31st in scoring offense (a unit that ranks 32nd in EPA per play). While EPA slots Patrick Graham‘s defense 20th, the Raiders have lost six games by double figures and have only beaten the one-win Titans since what looks to be a fluky Week 1 triumph in New England.
Carroll, who also fired special teams coordinator Tom McMahon this month, is on a three-year contract that carries an option for a fourth season. Most HC deals cover five or six years, but Carroll’s age undoubtedly factored into the Raiders’ thinking upon designing this deal. No clear succession plan appeared to exist, and with the Raiders at two wins by Thanksgiving, it would shock if Carroll’s replacement was on staff.
Carroll also holds considerably less power than he did in Seattle, with Brady and Spytek heavily involved. Carroll held final roster say with the Seahawks; the 2024 Seattle change was partially structured around John Schneider receiving a chance to fully steer the ship. Brady is highly unlikely to be going anywhere, so the all-time QB great’s fingerprints figure to be on the coaching situation. Carroll, who sat out the 2024 season but became intrigued with the Raiders once Brady was approved as a part-owner, may well be coaching for his job down the stretch this season.