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The Las Vegas Raiders must find a way to get back on the winning side of things.<\/p>\n
Eric Edholm recently ranked every team in the National Football League heading into Week 11. Edholm ranked the Raiders as the 28th-best team. That is a fair ranking considering how the Raiders have played this season.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s sad that the Raiders\u2019 best defensive effort of the season — by a wide margin — went to waste in the 10-7 loss last Thursday in Denver. The offense just hasn\u2019t done enough this season, with or withouton the field. Bowers played Thursday, hauling in the team’s second-longest catch of the game early in the second quarter \u2026 and then wasn\u2019t targeted for the rest of the game,” Edholm said.<\/p>\n
“I mean, come on. Geno Smith is up to 12 interceptions and clearly hasn\u2019t proven to be the guy. Ashton Jeanty had a 32-yard run called back, and the Raiders were down to two backup guards by game\u2019s end, but Chip Kelly has to find\u00a0solutions\u00a0fast, or this unit could look vastly different a year from now.”<\/p>\n
The Raiders have lost three games in a row and seven of their last eight games. If the Raider had not played and beaten the Tennessee Titans, they would be on an eight-game losing streak with a potentially ninth consecutive loss looming.<\/p>\n
Still, at 2-7, this year’s Raiders are not much different than last season’s Raiders, which got Antonio Pierce fired. Luckily,<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought our guys responded really well and played really hard the other night, on Thursday night, and I really liked that we were able to do that because it’s a unique situation that you’re in, and we got to learn from those times when we get them,\u201d Carroll said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut this will help too. This gives you a little bit of a break on the legs. We’ll get a good full week, plus. Half a day today and a full day tomorrow. So, we have nothing to complain about. We got a lot of time to get better.”<\/p>\n
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Through the first 10 weeks of the\u00a0NFL\u00a0season, it is clear that the\u00a0Seattle Seahawks\u00a0are one of the best teams in the league.<\/p>\n
If anything, they have made a strong claim as the most complete team in the league. Seattle is top five in points scored and points allowed per game, has the second-highest point differential in the NFL (+105), and enters Week 11 as the top-ranked team in\u00a0total DVOA.<\/p>\n
This Seahawks squad looks the part of a championship contender. Their impressive roster depth is a big driver behind their success.<\/p>\n
Sure, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Sam Darnold grab the headlines, and deservedly so. But Seattle would not be\u00a0<\/p>\n
Most of the Seahawks\u2019 key players are under contract entering 2026. However, two high-level defenders \u2014 Tariq Woolen and Boye Mafe \u2014 are in line to enter true free agency, and Seattle may not be able to match their highest offers. After all, the NFL is a salary cap league, and teams have to prioritize who to re-sign and who they let walk.<\/p>\n
ESPN NFL writers Matt Bowen and Jeremy Fowler\u00a0ranked the top 25 upcoming free agents\u00a0on Nov. 12, and Woolen and Mafe made the list. Here\u2019s what they had to say about each Seahawk defender:<\/p>\n
Woolen came in at No. 18 in Bowen and Fowler\u2019s list. The lengthy cornerback is in his fourth season with the Seahawks, and after some rough moments early in the season,\u00a0his name popped up in trade rumors.<\/p>\n
He was\u00a0never worried\u00a0about getting shipped out of Seattle, but the noise was out there. One could also argue that he was made expendable when Josh Jobe took his spot as a starting cornerback.<\/p>\n
These things lay the bedrock for trade speculation. Add in his incongruent role in the Seahawks\u2019 defensive structure, and it makes sense why he might leave in free agency.<\/p>\n
\u201cWoolen\u2019s elite traits and Pro Bowl talent should create a strong market. His two pass breakups Sunday against the\u00a0Cardinals\u00a0were a good reminder of that,\u201d Fowler wrote on ESPN.com. \u201cExpect Woolen to hit be available in free agency as opposed to a re-signing with Seattle, which hasn\u2019t been a scheme fit for him under coach Mike Macdonald. But for teams that need man coverage help, he has tremendous upside.\u201d<\/p>\n
The\u00a0speedy\u00a0Woolen had six interceptions and made the Pro Bowl as a rookie in 2022. He has five interceptions over three seasons since then.<\/p>\n
Mafe, another member of Seattle\u2019s 2022 draft class, appears like he may not be in Seattle\u2019s future plans.<\/p>\n
The sturdy Seahawks linebacker has drawn interest from around the NFL. He is a solid overall outside linebacker and really popped as a pass rusher in 2023 when he had nine sacks.<\/p>\n
ESPN ranked Mafe as the 22nd-best upcoming free agent, and\u00a0Fowler thinks he\u2019ll have a strong market:<\/p>\n
\u201cMafe had interest at the trade deadline. His numbers are down \u2014 one sack in 2025 compared to 15 through his first three seasons,\u201d Fowler wrote. \u201cBut as one NFL coordinator said, \u2018He can win one-on-one in pass rush, he\u2019s strong at the point of attack and versatile enough to drop in coverage.\u2019 Others think he needs to get stronger against the run. The\u00a0Chiefs\u00a0were among the teams inquiring last week. Perhaps they will make a move for him in March.\u201d<\/p>\n
With such a loaded defensive front already in place in Seattle, Mafe could be the odd man out this offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Las Vegas Raiders must find a way to get back on the winning side of things. Eric Edholm recently ranked every team in the National Football League heading into Week 11….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t