Offseason
Notable acquisitions Position Player Age 2020 team RB Kenyan Drake 27 Arizona Cardinals DE Yannick Ngakoue 26 Minnesota Vikings/Baltimore Ravens DT Quinton Jefferson 28 Buffalo Bills WR John Brown 31 Buffalo Bills DT Matt Dickerson 25 Tennessee Titans DT Solomon Thomas 25 San Francisco 49ers C Nick Martin 27 Houston Texans CB Casey Hayward 31 Los Angeles Chargers Trades March 17, 2021 To Las Vegas Raiders2021 3rd-round pick To Arizona CardinalsRodney Hudson CHI's 2021 7th-round pick March 17, 2021 To Las Vegas Raiders2022 5th round pick To New England PatriotsTrent Brown 2022 7th round pick March 21, 2021 To Las Vegas Raiders2021 5th round pick To Seattle SeahawksGabe Jackson Draft NFL draft 2021 Las Vegas Raiders Draft Round Selection Player Position College 1 17 Alex Leatherwood OT Alabama 2 43 Trevon Moehrig S TCU 3 79 Malcolm Koonce LB Buffalo 80 Divine Deablo S Virginia Tech 4 143 Tyree Gillespie S Missouri 5 167 Nate Hobbs CB Illinois 6 230 Jimmy Morrissey C Pittsburgh Notes The Raiders made two separate trades with the Miami Dolphins. First, the Raiders traded their fourth-round selection to the Dolphins in exchange for linebacker Raekwon McMillan and the Dolphins' fifth-round selection. Then, the Dolphins traded the Raiders' fourth-round selection back to the Raiders in exchange for wide receiver Lynn Bowden and the Raiders' sixth-round selection. The Raiders traded their fifth-round selection to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for wide receiver Zay Jones. The Raiders received the Seattle Seahawks' fifth-round selection after sending offensive guard G
Staff
2021 Las Vegas Raiders staff Front office Owner – Mark and Carol Davis Interim president/executive vice president/general counsel – Dan Ventrelle General manager – Mike Mayock Senior vice president/director of football administration – Tom Delaney Assistant director of player personnel – DuJuan Daniels Assistant director of player personnel – Trey Scott Vice president of football operations – Tom Jones Director of pro personnel – Dwayne Joseph Director of college scouting – Jim Abrams Assistant director of college scouting – Teddy Atlas Senior advisor to the owner and president – Marcel Reece Senior advisor to the general manager – Walter Juliff Head coaches Interim head coach/special teams coordinator – Rich Bisaccia Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Greg Olson Senior offensive assistant – John Morton Running backs – Tim Berbenich Wide receivers – Edgar Bennett Assistant wide receivers – Nick Holz Tight ends – Austin King Offensive line – Tom Cable Assistant offensive line – Cameron Clemmons Offensive assistant – Taver Johnson Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Gus Bradley Defensive line – Rod Marinelli Assistant defensive line – Travis Smith Linebackers – Richard Smith Defensive backs – Ron Milus Assistant defensive backs – Addison Lynch Defensive quality control – Ryan Milus Special teams coaches Assistant special teams – Byron Storer Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – A. J. Neibel Strength and conditioning assistant – D'Anthony Batiste Strength and conditioning assistant – Deuce Gruden Strength and conditioning assistant – Rick Slate Nutritionist – Ricky Ng
Final roster
2021 Las Vegas Raiders roster Quarterbacks (QB) 4 Derek Carr 8 Marcus Mariota Running backs (RB) 31 Peyton Barber 28 Josh Jacobs 30 Jalen Richard 41 Sutton Smith FB Wide receivers (WR) 89 Bryan Edwards 1 DeSean Jackson 17 Tyron Johnson 7 Zay Jones 13 Hunter Renfrow Tight ends (TE) 82 Nick Bowers 85 Derek Carrier 87 Foster Moreau 83 Darren Waller Offensive linemen (OL) 78 Jackson Barton T 72 Jermaine Eluemunor G 68 Andre James C 70 Alex Leatherwood G 66 Nick Martin C 74 Kolton Miller T 75 Brandon Parker T 60 Jordan Simmons G 76 John Simpson G Defensive linemen (DL) 98 Maxx Crosby DE 99 Clelin Ferrell DE 90 Johnathan Hankins DT 77 Quinton Jefferson DT 51 Malcolm Koonce DE 94 Carl Nassib DE 91 Yannick Ngakoue DE 92 Solomon Thomas DT 95 Kendal Vickers DT Linebackers (LB) 5 Divine Deablo OLB 55 Marquel Lee MLB 42 Cory Littleton OLB 48 Patrick Onwuasor MLB 52 Denzel Perryman MLB 58 Kyle Wilber MLB 34 K. J. Wright OLB Defensive backs (DB) 35 Brandon Facyson CB 37 Tyree Gillespie SS 29 Casey Hayward CB 39 Nate Hobbs CB 32 Dallin Leavitt FS 25 Trevon Moehrig FS 22 Keisean Nixon CB 21 Amik Robertson CB 33 Roderic Teamer FS 10 Desmond Trufant CB Special teams (ST) 2 Daniel Carlson K 6 A. J. Cole III P 47 Trent Sieg LS Practice squad 38 Jordan Brown FS 20 Tony Brown CB -- Isaiah Buggs DT 67 Lester Cotton G 43 Kavon Frazier SS 65 Hroniss Grasu C 56 Gerri Green DE 86 Daniel Helm TE 54 P. J. Johnson DT 53 Justin March OLB 3 Nathan Peterman QB 79 Jeremiah Poutasi G 36 Trey Ragas RB 97 Damion Square DT 16 Dillon Stoner WR 19 D. J. Turner WR Reserve 24 Johnathan Abram SS (IR) 23 Kenyan Drake RB (IR) 71 Denzelle Good G (IR) 64 Richie Incognito G (IR) 45 Alec Ingold FB (IR) 44 Nick Kwiatkoski MLB (IR) 93 Gerald McCoy DT (IR) 50 Nicholas Morrow MLB (IR) 27 Trayvon Mullen CB (IR) 96 Darius Philon DT (IR) 63 Kamaal Seymour T (NF-Inj.) Rookies in italics 53 active, 11 reserve, 16 practice squad
Preseason
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 August 14 Seattle Seahawks W 20–7 1–0 Allegiant Stadium Recap 2 August 21 at Los Angeles Rams W 17–16 2–0 SoFi Stadium Recap 3 August 29 at San Francisco 49ers L 10–34 2–1 Levi's Stadium Recap
Regular season
Season overview Resignation of executives In August 2021, CBS Sports noted that several Raiders team executives, including president Marc Badain, V.P. of strategy and business development Brian Doll, CFO Ed Villanueva, and club controller Araxie Grant, had abruptly resigned their post within months of each other. Peter King of NBC Sports speculated that Badain's resignation may have had something to do with team finances. Resignation of Jon Gruden Gruden initially started the season as the Raiders head coach. However, prior to week five against the Chicago Bears, emails sent by Gruden (while he was employed by ESPN) prior to rejoining the Raiders as coach were leaked, which described Gruden using racist language to describe NFLPA director DeMaurice Smith. The Raiders made no announcement prior to the game, and Gruden proceeded to coach the game, a 20–9 loss. The emails were discovered in the investigation into the workplace culture of the Washington Football Team. However, a day later, additional emails were released by The New York Times that showed Gruden using misogynistic and homophobic language. After the publication of these emails, Gruden resigned. The Raiders failed to make any announcement after the resignation except to say that they had accepted the resignation and named Rich Bisaccia interim head coach. General manager Mike Mayock did comment on the situation two days later stating that he was "sad for the Gruden family," but also added that everyone is accountable for their actions. The same day, Mark Davis refused to directly comment on the situation, simply stating, "Ask the NFL. They have all the answers." It is believed that this statement was in reference to pressure from the NFL for the Raiders to fire Gruden and to "get" the Raiders. After the Raiders win over the Broncos in week six, Davis fur
Postseason
NFL playoffs Schedule Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Recap Wild Card January 15 at Cincinnati Bengals (4) L 19–26 0–1 Paul Brown Stadium Recap Game summaries AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (4) Cincinnati Bengals AFC Wild Card Playoffs: (5) Las Vegas Raiders at (4) Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary Quarter 1 2 34Total Raiders 3 10 0619 Bengals 10 10 3326 at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio Date: January 15, 2022Game time: 4:35 p.m. EST/1:35 p.m. PSTGame weather: Cloudy, 32 °F (0 °C)Game attendance: 66,277Referee: Jerome BogerTV announcers (NBC): Mike Tirico, Drew Brees and Kathryn TappenRecap, Game Book Game information First quarter LV – Daniel Carlson 47-yard field goal, 9:23. Raiders 3–0. Drive: 10 plays, 47 yards, 5:37. CIN – C. J. Uzomah 7-yard pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson kick), 4:31. Bengals 7–3. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 4:52. CIN – Evan McPherson 31-yard field goal, 1:15. Bengals 10–3. Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards, 1:46. Second quarter CIN – Evan McPherson 30-yard field goal, 10:20. Bengals 13–3. Drive: 8 plays, 33 yards, 3:52. LV – Daniel Carlson 28-yard field goal, 7:55. Bengals 13–6. Drive: 6 plays, 51 yards, 2:25. CIN – Tyler Boyd 10-yard pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson kick), 1:51. Bengals 20–6. Drive: 12 plays, 82 yards, 6:04. LV – Zay Jones 14-yard pass from Derek Carr (Daniel Carlson kick), 0:13. Bengals 20–13. Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 1:38. Third quarter CIN – Evan McPherson 43-yard field goal, 10:56. Bengals 23–13. Drive: 9 plays, 40 yards, 4:04. Fourth quarter LV – Daniel Carlson 34-yard field goal, 14:17. Bengals 23–16. Drive: 13 plays, 57 yards, 7:30. CIN – Evan McPherson 38-yard field goal, 6:46. Bengals 26–16. Drive: 13 plays, 65 yards, 7:31. LV – Daniel Carlson 28-yard field goal, 3:34. Bengals 26–19. Drive: 12 plays, 67 yards, 3:12. Top passers LV – Derek Carr – 29/54, 310 yards, TD, INT CIN – Joe Burrow – 24/34, 244 yards
Statistics
National Football League records Team Category Total yards Yards per game NFL rank(out of 32) Passing offense 4,567 268.6 6th Rushing offense 1,617 95.1 28th Total offense 6,184 363.8 11th Passing defense 3,789 222.9 13th Rushing defense 1,943 114.3 19th Total defense 5,732 337.2 14th Individual Category Player Total yards Offense Passing Derek Carr 4,804 Rushing Josh Jacobs 872 Receiving Hunter Renfrow 1,038 Defense Tackles (Solo) Denzel Perryman 102 Sacks Yannick Ngakoue 10 Interceptions Johnathan AbramBrandon FacysonCasey Hayward 1 Statistics correct as of the end of the 2021 NFL season