The Los Angeles Chargers are one of the quietest teams in the NFL right now. Not that Chargers fans would complain about the relaxing offseason process – there is zero coaching drama to speak of, plenty of cap space and a great free agency and draft outlook with plenty of assets to spend on rebuilding an ahead-of-schedule roster.
Now that Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh are in the same division again, get ready for more amazing battles between two coaches who have always made each other better.
Pete Carroll is back. One year removed from being run outta town as the head man of the Seattle Seahawks, the peppy coach nicknamed "Big Balls Pete" is headed back to an NFL sideline as the new sheriff of the Las Vegas Raiders.
An old clip of a tense Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh exchange resurfaces after Carroll agreed to become the Las Vegas Raiders next head coach.
The Raiders' new head coach has found success over the years against these other in-division coaches, with a career total 10 wins against Reid, Payton and Harbaugh. This includes an NFC Championship victory over Harbaugh's San Francisco 49ers in the 2013 season.
The Raiders were among the front-runners to land Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, but had to pivot when Johnson took over in Chicago. Here's a look at how the NFL world reacted to that pivot, and the hiring of Carroll:
The four AFC West head coaches—Andy Reid, Jim Harbaugh, Sean Payton, and Pete Carroll—now have a combined 20 Conference Championship appearances and nine Super Bowl appearances. https://t.co/t0myQXaeI6
Carroll, 73, is set to return to the NFL sideline as a head coach for the first time since the conclusion of the 2023 regular season.
The USC Trojans could land another class of 2025 recruit soon. USC coach Lincoln Riley and the Trojans are trending in the right direction to land three-star li
The San Francisco 49ers might have pulled off the coup of this year’s coaching cycle, bringing back Robert Saleh to coordinate their defense.
The Las Vegas Raiders adding head coach Pete Carroll to an AFC West that already includes Andy Reid with the Kansas City Chiefs and Sean Payton with the Denver Broncos is a dominant conversation right now.