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Raiders' John Spytek isn't getting enough credit for this offseason addition

Amid a season that's moving toward being lost, Las Vegas' best offseason addition has clearly emerged.

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The Las Vegas Raiders needed a reset last offseason, and they started that effort by hiring Pete Carroll. His first decree as the head coach was encouraging first-time general manager John Spytek to acquire quarterback Geno Smith from the Seattle Seahawks.

Through seven games, things are not going as planned. The 74-year-old Carroll looks like a horrible fit for what was always going to be a multi-year rebuild, and Smith has not performed well, to put it mildly.