The Las Vegas Raiders are in the midst of finalizing a deal with Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant general manager John Spytek, per reports from ESPN NFL National
The Las Vegas Raiders are having to resort to their backup plan following Ben Johnson's decision to join the Chicago Bears.
The Las Vegas Raiders have a backup plan for head coach if Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson turns them down.
Hughes’ NFL experience includes a two-year stint as the Vikings’ defensive backs coach under Bud Grant in 1982 and 1983, giving him a connection with one of the Raiders’ head coach candidates. Grant retired after the 1983 season, but returned to Minnesota in 1985 and hired Pete Carroll in Hughes’ former position.
Bet365 sportsbook, which doesn’t operate in Nevada, has posted odds on the Raiders’ next coach and lists 11 candidates at odds of 14-1 or less.
The Raiders are finalizing a deal to hire Buccaneers assistant general manager John Spytek as their new GM, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Wednesday.
With Glenn going to New York, Johnson heading to Chicago and Mike Vrabel already in New England, four head coaching vacancies remain. The Saints, Jaguars, Raiders and Cowboys are still in the hunt. Johnson, who was Detroit’s offensive coordinator, picked the Bears on Monday, two days after the No. 1 seeded Lions lost to Washington.
The Cowboys interviewed Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, who played for the team and then served as Dak Prescott’s play-caller for four seasons. Dallas also interviewed former Jets coach Robert Saleh and former Vikings coach Leslie Frazier.
As the NFL coaching carousel picked up steam, so did the rumor mill about where the Seahawks' search for a new offensive coordinator may be headed.
The Las Vegas Raiders hired Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant general manager John Spytek to be their GM, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Spytek, 44, replaces Tom Telesco,