It's also apparently the time for a new disposition and personality around the storied franchise."I think we just have a professional group of players, you know?" coach Klint Kubiak told reporters on Monday."They care about getting better."TOM BRADY GIVES RAIDERS HARSH 'REALITY' CHECK AFTER THE TEAM WON ONLY THREE GAMES IN 2025Las Vegas Raiders coach Klint Kubiak speaks at introductory press conference at Intermountain Health Performance Center on Feb.
10, 2026 in Henderson, Nevada.(Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)And this:"We don't have any turds," Kubiak pointed out.
"We got guys that want to be here.that want to win, that want to change this place.
I'm really, really happy with that."This is good.It's often good when a football team has no, using Kubiak's word, "turds."But aside from it being a good thing, it's kind of a different thing for the Raiders.There was a time, you see, mostly starting in the rollicking 1960s, through the rocking 1970s, and probably all the way through to the early 2000s, when the Raiders had some, shall we say, questionable guys.They were a team that boasted a roster with renegades.
And owner Al Davis, who once sued the NFL and moved the franchise multiple times to the chagrin of his fellow owners, embraced the outlaw image.ZERO BS.JUST DAKICH.
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January 3, 1964: Oakland Raiders principal owner Al Davis and his wife Carol are seen cradling a trophy.(Chris Kjobech/The Oakland Tribune)This is a franchise that had a starting safety named Jack Tatum.
His playing style led to him being nicknamed "The Assassin," which made him quite polarizing, especially after one of his hits left receiver Darryl Stingley paralyzed."I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault," Tatum wrote in his autobiography.This franchise didn't draft John Matuszak, but Davis found the boundary-pushing, difficult-to-coach individualist a perfect fit for the Raiders.Matuszak struggled with...