Raiders Midseason Report Card: Geno’s Collapse, Pete Carroll’s Future & The North Star Fix
The Autumn Windbags: The Best Las Vegas Raiders Podcast Ever!
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Show Notes
0:05 – Classic Gruden intro & show open
2:35 – Raiders bye-week performance review: “employee evaluation”
3:16 – How bad is it? 2-5 record, bottom-five offense, turnover nightmares
6:27 – Losing Brock Bowers crippled the entire offense
7:32 – Coaching and defense: is anyone actually trying to win?
8:10 – RJ calls out the “injury excuse” for Pete Carroll & Geno
10:52 – Pete Carroll was supposed to raise the floor — he hasn’t
12:09 – Every regime change makes the roster worse
13:25 – $100 million in cap space means nothing without direction
14:17 – Raiders need a North Star — a rookie QB to unite the franchise
18:10 – Tom Brady and the inevitable house-cleaning to come
20:00 – Soto’s hilarious revenge story about his brother & the tapes
23:14 – “Fire everybody” doesn’t work — the Raiders need continuity
29:07 – RJ’s wrestling analogy: commit 100% to one direction
30:42 – Gruden vs Goodell lawsuit — what it could expose
38:07 – Play the guys who’ll matter next season, not one-year rentals
49:17 – Brock Bowers and Maxx Crosby return — a spark of hope
53:19 – Special teams meltdown sets historic records
57:03 – Chip Kelly vs Geno Smith — who’s really to blame?
59:14 – Five-year anniversary of The Autumn Windbags 🎉