Having already made a change at quarterback this season, Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce has made a fair bigger alteration to his offense.
The Raiders have fired offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, NFL Community Insider Tom Pelissero reported on Sunday night time. The workforce subsequently introduced the parting of how together with the oustings of QB coach Wealthy Scangarello and offensive line coach James Cregg.
Pierce felt he wanted to make a transfer after Sunday’s 41-24 blowout loss to the Cincinnati Bengals dropped the workforce to 2-7 on the season, Pelissero added.
Although an interim OC or play-caller is not but identified, Pelissero famous former Washington offensive coordinator Scott Turner, the present passing recreation coordinator, is a logical candidate. Las Vegas has its bye developing, and simply how totally different the squad will look when it faces the Miami Dolphins on Nov. 17 will likely be value monitoring.
Earlier within the season, quarterback Gardner Minshew was benched because the starter in favor of Aidan O’Connell. O’Connell did little to enhance the offense and suffered a thumb damage in Week 7, which ushered the return of Minshew to the beginning lineup. Minshew, nevertheless, was benched once more throughout Sunday’s loss, this time in favor of Desmond Ridder.
Because the Raiders are mired in a five-game dropping streak, Getsy’s offense is final in giveaways (19), dashing yards per recreation (76.9) and yards per carry (3.5). Las Vegas’ paltry 280.2 yards per recreation are twenty ninth within the league because the offense has registered 20 or fewer factors in six of its 9 video games.
Minshew, a Professional Bowler for the primary time with the Indianapolis Colts final season, is twenty eighth within the NFL with an 80.2 passer ranking. O’Connell is worse at 76.0.
Nevertheless, it is of observe that Pierce’s protection has hardly been a unit the Raiders can grasp their hat on. They’ve allowed north of 30 factors 4 instances this season, permitting a season-high 41 on Sunday.
Sunday’s information brings in regards to the second firing for Getsy within the calendar yr as he was dismissed in January because the Bears offensive coordinator.
Getsy clearly wasn’t a slot in Vegas, however not a lot has been in 2024 for the Silver and Black.