At 2-7, the Las Vegas Raiders are in an unexpected state and it’s going to make the upcoming offseason fascinating.
It’s very likely the Raiders will head into the 2023 offseason much earlier than expected and with much different plans than they anticipated as well.
In short, this season has been a disaster thus far (with a three-game losing streak during the easy part of the schedule), the playoffs seem like an unrealistic possibility and if the Raiders don’t make the playoffs this year, it would be a major disappointment.
When Raiders owner Mark Davis hired Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler as head coach and general manager, respectively, he wasn’t looking for a rebuild of a 10-7 playoff team and he said as much.