Raiders coach Pete Carroll during training camp at the Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

‘I Have No Comment’: Las Vegas Raiders Coach Responds To ‘Kissing’ Report

Originally posted on Gridiron Heroics | By Jordan Sigler | Last updated Jul 29, 2025 3:57 PM ET

The intrigue regarding Christian Wilkins and the Las Vegas Raiders is not going away anytime soon.

On Tuesday, Raiders head coach Pete Carroll was asked if he had anything to share regarding the report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter that an alleged kiss on the forehead from Christian Wilkins to a teammate was partly what led to the defensive tackle being released early in training camp.

Carroll didn’t want to get into the nitty gritty of why Wilkins is off the team.

Pete Carroll doesn’t want to address a Las Vegas Raiders’ story

“Really, I don’t. I have no comment to make,” Carroll told the media on Tuesday.. “We made a decision on what we’re doing and we’re moving with it. We’ll see how that all unveils itself in time.”

Schefter told the crew of “The Pat McAfee Show” on Monday that a player in the Raiders locker room took offense to the alleged gesture from Wilkins.

“Christian again from speaking to people inside the locker room, I think what everybody is dancing around and tiptoeing around is the fact that when you speak to people there inside the locker room, they say that Christian playfully went to kiss a teammate on top of his head, and those same people said that that player took offense to it,” Schefter said.

Sep 15, 2024; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Las Vegas Raiders defensive tackle Christian Wilkins (94) before the game against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images

“So that’s what everybody’s been dancing around and tap dancing around an incident in the locker room where he allegedly playfully kissed a teammate on top of his head. That teammate felt offended by it. And that’s what a lot of this talk and speculation that people have just been floating around out there.”

The viral rumor comes days after the Raiders released the 2019 first-round pick by the Miami Dolphins after he started training camp on the PUP list. Las Vegas and Wilkins had a dispute about how he approached his rehab after suffering a season-ending Jones fracture last year.

And now unfavorable details have emerged, whether Carroll wants to comment or not.

Jun 11, 2025; Henderson, NV, USA; Las Vegas Raiders head coach Pete Carroll looks on during Las Vegas Raiders Minicamp at Intermountain Health Performance Center. Mandatory Credit: Candice Ward-Imagn Images

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