The 2025 season has been a mess for the Las Vegas Raiders. They enter their regular-season finale against the Kansas City Chiefs with the league’s worst record, have already fired several assistant coaches and could be on the verge of firing yet another head coach when this mess of a season ends Sunday afternoon.
There is an expectation that Pete Carroll could end up being one-and-done with the Raiders, opening the door for yet another head coach on the silver and black sidelines.
Will they get this decision right?
If owner Mark Davis dominates the process, history suggests they will not.
Pete Carroll could be latest fall-guy for Mark Davis’ failures as Raiders owner
If you wanted to make the argument that Carroll did a poor job as the Raiders head coach this season, you do not need to do much work. A 2-14 record speaks for itself. Losing 14 out of 15 games down the stretch does as well. It’s been a bad year.
But Carroll is not a bad coach. He has an extensive track record of success in the NFL, and was regularly winning nine or 10 games with the Seattle Seahawks every year, including most recently with the very quarterback he has in Las Vegas this season (Geno Smith).
