Klint Kubiak Raiders quote lights up Super Bowl night

Why the Raiders wanted him

The résumé is not just a Super Bowl ring. It is production, too.

In Kubiak’s lone season running Seattle’s offense, the Seahawks ranked third in scoring at 28.4 points per game and eighth in total yards at 351.4 per game during the regular season, according to ESPN.

Derek Carr’s message: give him time

Former Raiders quarterback Derek Carr endorsed the move and delivered a warning Raider Nation has heard before, but rarely follows.

“I pray that they give him the time it deserves,” Carr said. “Give the man a runway to take off.”

Carr said he wants Kubiak in Las Vegas. “I’ve been praying, man. I want the Raiders to get Clint,” Carr said. “Because schematically, offensively, it’s going to be awesome.”

Carr also pushed back on the temptation that comes with the No. 1 pick and the pressure to make a “sexy” quarterback decision, saying the coach has to “watch, study” and decide fit.

“If there’s any system to do it, it’s his,” Carr said. “He can do it.”

Charles Woodson likes the fit, then names the first call

Raiders Hall of Famer Charles Woodson sounded optimistic when the topic came up on The Rich Eisen Show.

“Yeah, I mean that’s, you know, it looks like that’s what’s in the cards,” Woodson said. “But yeah, I mean, I like Kubiak as a guy.”

Woodson pointed to Kubiak’s situational play design in Seattle, then went straight to the first leadership test in Las Vegas.

“The first call I’d make if I were him, it’d be Maxx Crosby,” Woodson said, adding Crosby would be “a major part” of what comes next.

Vegas got the moment, now it needs the follow-through

Kubiak framed the night through family and God, then still confirmed the move with a blunt “hell yeah.” Carr is already campaigning for patience. Woodson is already circling Crosby as the tone-setter.

Now comes the part the Raiders have struggled with for years: build it right and stick with it.

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