![]() One thing I know is what I don’t know,” Davis said. So he’s not going to meddle with the day-to-day decisions McDaniels and Ziegler are making. But we do have the draft coming up and that’s going to tell a lot.”ĭavis reiterated his philosophy is to hire people, step away and let them do their job, then come back and evaluate at a later date. So, are we closer than we were last year? I don’t know at this point. So, again, there’s pieces there that have to be placed in. The offense, again, we lose a quarterback and a tight end that’s a lot. Is it a rebuild now? I suppose if you’re getting a new quarterback, obviously, that’s a big positional change and the fact is we still have holes on the defense we need to fill. I thought it really was an opportunity to move forward again. So, did I think it was a rebuild at that time? No. “Again, there wasn’t extreme disappointment because I had a feeling that from afar, they didn’t really see exactly what they were getting, but I knew by the end of the season, they’d know. So, at that time, it was in my mind for them, ‘Let’s see what you got.’ “And no matter how much you tell people what they’re getting, they got to see for themselves. “The reason it wasn’t a rebuild is because they came in and they had the quarterback, they got Davante, they had everything that they wanted based on seeing from afar what they thought they were coming into,” Davis said. That tone shifted quickly and Davis explained that while he was hopeful, he knew in the back of his mind it would take time. Last year, Davis and the Raiders’ brain trust made it clear with their words and actions they thought they could be competitive right away. It’s up to Dave Ziegler, really, who is the general manager, now to start putting a roster together and really putting this team together for the future.” ![]() They have 12 draft picks, and we’ll see what they do. They decided on hiring Jimmy Garoppolo as our quarterback and that’s how they want to go into this season. They came in without a quarterback, basically, after they made the decision on Derek (Carr). So, coming into this year now, it’s a different story. “They did make a huge move when they first got here for Davante (Adams), so that took away their draft last year the third-round draft pick was the first we had. “So, I personally felt that they were going to take a year to really understand who they were working with and everything like that and then they would make decisions that would work towards the future. “Everybody that comes in thinks that they can see from the outside what this team is, and they look at the film and they say, ‘OK, we can do it.’ Until you get here and work with the people that’s in it, you don’t know who they are,” Davis said via the Athletic’s Tashan Reed. Las Vegas still seems far away from contending despite the aggressive moves they made last offseason, but Davis said he always thought it would take time for McDaniels and Ziegler to enact their vision. Raiders owner Mark Davis discussed how he sees Raiders HC Josh McDaniels and GM Dave Ziegler as they enter Year 2 together. Looking forward to his impact on our team.” Raiders Really good leader, exceptional in that regard. He’s a guy that brings the team together. Really proud of what he’s done when he left us and went to Kyle (Shanahan) and John (Lynch) in San Francisco. I got to see that just a little bit in New England when I was with him, but I definitely have seen it from afar when he was in San Francisco. “He’s played in a lot of big games, he’s won, he’s a winner, and he’s been a great leader. “I think (Garoppolo has) had a lot of important experience,” McDaniels said. It always makes your football team better.” (General manager Dave Ziegler) and I both believe in that: Take the best football player. I think we think that’s the right way to go. “We’ve kind of said that since we came here. “I think we would take the best player,” McDaniels said, via NFL.com. Raiders HC Josh McDaniels wouldn’t rule out the team drafting a quarterback this year despite signing QB Jimmy Garoppolo. He’s just been fantastic for us.” Jimmy Garoppolo But I know the Chargers feel very strongly about Austin Ekeler. There’s going to be time now between now and our first game, and we’ll see what happens. We’re also respectful of his position, and we’re going to see where it goes. I think that that’s something that Tom has said. “ I think there’s alignment and a way forward. “We’ve been in full communication with his team,” Staley said. ![]() Chargers HC Brandon Staley tells Steve Wyche on NFL Network that they want RB Austin Ekeler to be back with the team, despite the fact that he’s speaking to other teams about a potential trade. ![]()
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