In a survey of agents done by The Athletic, it turns out a great many see the Raiders as being the NFL’s most unstable franchise in the league.
In total, they spoke with 31 agents to get their opinions on the best and worst run organizations in the league. Seven of those agents named the Raiders. The only team with more agents pegging them as the worst in the league were the Panthers (9).
Here’s what two of those agents had to say as to why they chose the Raiders as the most unstable in the NFL.
• “Raiders. The owner (Mark Davis) frequently makes significant changes. He put Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler in charge and fired them after less than two seasons. Now, the Raiders have an inexperienced coach in Antonio Pierce and a retread GM hire in Tom Telesco. Organizations start at the top, and Davis doesn’t provide stability.”
• “Raiders. Traditional choices in this category, like Washington and Arizona, have improved or appear headed in a good direction. Vegas keeps making changes and now finds itself without an apparent quarterback of the future or legitimate starter when it needed one following last season.”
Hard to argue that hiring Josh McDaniels was a huge misstep for Mark Davis. Though I wouldn’t say firing him was a mistake. Nor would I say hiring Antonio Pierce and Tom Telesco were mistakes
One can’t argue it is a sign of instability to be going into their second straight season without a franchise quarterback. Hell, you could argue they haven’t had a *real* franchise quarterback for much longer than that.
Moving on from Derek Carr last year was a good decision. But it was several years too late. And very few organizations would put themselves in the position to not properly attempt to find a franchise QB to replace him. Certainly no successful franchises.