Silver And Black Pride
Just when you start to think that this team can’t get much worse, the 2025 Las Vegas Raiders find a new way to surprise you. The now 2-12 Raiders remain uncompetitive this season, suffering another blowout by getting shut out 31-0 against a Philadelphia Eagles team that had lost three games in a row heading into the contest. As a result, there’s no room for silver linings in this week’s winners and losers column.
This year’s Raiders have been on the fringe of being considered the worst team in franchise history, and Sunday’s shutout loss might have pushed them over the edge.
According to ESPN’s Ryan McFadden, the Raiders became the third NFL team since 2000 to be shut out by 30 or more points multiple times in a season. Also, it’s only the second time in franchise history that this has happened, with the first instance occurring during the organization’s second season in existence.
It’s pretty obvious that the Silver and Black have packed it in for the campaign, but not according to Carroll, who said the team “fought their asses off.” Enough of the B.S. at the press conferences. That’s been going on since the summer, and it’s been old for a while now. If this team hasn’t quit, then they’re clearly poorly coached because there’s no reason that professionals should be getting dominated this badly week in and week out.
The comPETE mantra has turned into incomPETEnce in Las Vegas. “Competing” isn’t getting out-gained by over 300 yards, and what Carroll’s crew has put on tape over the last several months.
Porter has shown plenty of promise this season, but Sunday is going to be an outing he’ll want to forget. The Eagles threw at him three times and completed all three passes for a team-high 71 yards, according to Pro Football Focus, and he was flagged for pass interference on another rep in coverage. Also, he missed two tackles and posted an ugly 37.2 PFF run defense grade.
The rookie was going up against a strong wide receiver duo in A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, and he failed to rise to the occasion. Hopefully, Porter uses this as a learning opportunity to regain some of the momentum he built up previously and finish the campaign strong.
Along the same lines, Rogers played well in the two weeks leading up to Sunday, but he had a rough one in Philadelphia. The third-round pick struggled in the running game with a 44.0 mark from PFF and was charged with a quarterback hit and a sack in pass protection. He had a tough time keeping veteran defensive lineman Brandon Graham in check, giving the rookie a learning opportunity moving forward.
To be fair, Pickett wasn’t given much of a chance to succeed considering the supporting cast and the fact that he’s hardly worked with the first-team offense, getting acquired after training camp and...
