The Raiders have one of the worst wide receiver rooms in the NFL. It will likely be a position of need heading into the offseason. But for now, Las Vegas will need the current crop of wide receivers to step up and keep the offense rolling. The Raiders have a clear top two at wide receiver.
HENDERSON, Nev.—Many in the NFL world are surprised by the Las Vegas Raiders' fast 3-0 start. As the Silver and Black prepare to host the Kansas City Chiefs (3-0) this weekend at Allegiant Stadium, several factors explain their surprisingly fast start, but some aren’t as visible as others.
For years, the Las Vegas Raiders have been a team searching for an identity. There have been talented rosters. There have been promising starts. There have been stretches when the Raiders looked capable of building something meaningful.
On Sunday, the Las Vegas Raiders shocked the football world with a 35-27 road win over the New Orleans Saints. Many fans in Raider Nation expected the team to compete, but the national media did not agree.
How many of the Week 1 starting quarterbacks from the 2009 NFL season can you name in five minutes?
Tom Brady believes the undefeated Las Vegas Raiders are among the NFL’s five best teams heading into Week 4, as he made clear in his latest power rankings for Fox Sports.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
Who had Kirk Cousins throwing for nine touchdowns in his first three games as the Las Vegas Raiders‘ starting quarterback? Raise your hand. Now take that hand and sharply slap yourself, you liar.
Las Vegas will host an early season showdown with the Chiefs. A certain group of Raiders will be critical in deciding the outcome. The Raiders and Chiefs are both 3-0 this season.
The Las Vegas Raiders are days away from their biggest game in recent memory. Las Vegas won seven games over the past two seasons combined. A win on Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs would move the new-look Raiders to 4-0 and place them atop the division through the season's first month.
This is the latest game in which the Las Vegas Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs have met undefeated. The former is the talk of NFL town with a surprising 3-0 start under head coach Klint Kubiak, and they have a chance to become the league's biggest story with a home win against Patrick Mahomes & Co.
LAS VEGAS — For most of Maxx Crosby’s career, getting him off the football field was nearly impossible. Now the Las Vegas Raiders are discovering something potentially more valuable than having Crosby play every defensive snap: making sure he’s fresh for the snaps that decide games.
The Las Vegas Raiders entered the offseason with a well-coordinated plan to address their coaching staff and roster issues. After three games, it is fair to say many of those moves appear to have been correct, and that, at the very least, Las Vegas is headed in the right direction.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
For a piece published on Friday, ESPN's Dan Graziano shared an update on what have been called "exhausting" Crosby-related stories.
Nobody envisioned the Las Vegas Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs both entering this matchup undefeated. Entering the season, the Raiders were generally viewed as a rebuilding team, and while that could still be true, head coach Klint Kubiak has made an immediate impact.
The Las Vegas Raiders seem to have an elite defense, as they are creating turnovers left and right. The Las Vegas Raiders are creating turnovers at a rate this franchise hasn’t seen in a long time.
The only Week 4 matchup that pits two undefeated teams against each other will take place in Las Vegas. But the Raiders will have to try to knock off the Chiefs with an injured offensive line. Starting right guard Jackson Powers-Johnson missed practice on Thursday, his second straight absence.
Discipline is the common denominator for the AFC West teams fighting for first place in Las Vegas on Sunday. The Raiders (3-0) average an NFL-low 30 penalty yards per game and haven't allowed a single point in the fourth quarter this season.
Lawrence and Cousins probably aren't the first names that come to mind when discussing the MVP.
It doesn't sound like Mahomes will be taking the Raiders lightly.
The Las Vegas Raiders became arguably the top positive surprise of the first three weeks of the 2026 NFL season when they opened the campaign with three straight wins.
Trailing 27-16 in the third quarter at the Superdome, the Las Vegas Raiders scored the game’s final 19 points to beat the New Orleans Saints 35-27. New Orleans failed to hold the ball down the stretch, as four consecutive possessions in the fourth quarter ended in turnovers.
The Las Vegas Raiders hosted RBs Jerome Ford and Owen Wright for workouts on Wednesday, per the NFL Transactions wire. Of these two, the Raiders signed Wright to their practice squad. Ford, 26, transferred from Alabama to Cincinnati after two years and played two years for the Bearcats.
The Las Vegas Raiders announced they signed RB Owen Wright to their practice squad on Wednesday. Las Vegas’ practice squad now includes: DT Brandon Cleveland
Thomas Jr. is once again finding himself in trade speculation after a slow start to the season.
Kubiak guided the club to three straight victories to open the ongoing season.
Kirk Cousins has apparently infected Fernando Mendoza with a case of postgame calories. In a photo shared on X by Mick Akers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a smiling Cousins is seen on the same table at In-N-Out by Las Vegas Raiders teammates running back Dylan Laube, offensive lineman Caleb Rodgers and backup quarterback Mendoza.
LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Raiders may have something brewing at tight end that few teams in the NFL can match. Brock Bowers and Michael Mayer aren’t simply two talented players who happen to play the same position.
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