As bad as the 2025 NFL season has gone for the Las Vegas Raiders, every time head coach Pete Carroll speaks to the media, he seems to make things worse. Perhaps the fan base has simply grown tired of the coach and gives him no benefit of the doubt, which is a hard thing to do in a 2-12 year.
But there is also something to be said for the fact that his undying optimism doesn't exactly resonate with the Raiders being so down in the dumps like this. In the offseason, it was endearing and promising. But staring down a 1-15 finish to the year, it just reeks of him being a bit out of touch.