Silver And Black Pride
Pete Carroll’s defensive backs and linebackers coach are going to be key assistants in Las Vegas
While the offseason focus for general manager John Spytek and head coach Pete Carroll should be building the Las Vegas Raiders in the trenches, one can’t forget the rest of the components.
This holds for both offense and defense, but let’s focus on Patrick Graham’s side of the ball here. A disruptive and dominant defensive is integral to what the defensive coordinator, Carroll, and Spytek want to accomplish.
Yet, the linebackers and secondary are going to be vital, too. It’s all about complementary football for the Raiders — something the team has lacked, severely at times.
Which means, defensive backs coach Marcus Robertson and linebackers coach John Glenn have some heavy lifting to do, too.
It’ll take a collective and consistent performance from defensive line, linebackers, and secondary for Las Vegas to rise from the AFC West cellar and compete in 2025 and beyond.
The duo are having reunions of sorts by joining Carroll’s staff and the pair of assistant coaches. This will be Robertson’s second tour of duty with the Raiders as he served as the defensive backs boss from 2014-16. Glenn, on the other hand, is back on Carroll’s coaching staff after serving as the new Raiders boss’s linebackers coach from 2019-23.
To start, let’s take an at-a-glance historical look at both coaches:
Marcus Robertson’s Raiders Secondary: By The Numbers
John Glenn’s Seahawks Linebackers: By The Numbers
This past season in Las Vegas, there were a bevy of mitigating circumstances for an up-and-down defensive performance — namely long-term injuries that eroded the roster — but no matter how legitimate, the rankings are what they are: A 25th overall ranking in points allowed (25.5 points per game); 29th in takeaways...
