Big name ex-head coach expected to join Raiders’ staff
A high-profile former NFL head coach is reportedly likely to join Antonio Pierce’s staff in Las Vegas.
Longtime Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis is expected to land a role with the Raiders, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. The specifics regarding Lewis’ potential role have yet to be determined.
That Lewis would land on Pierce’s staff is not a big surprise. He was among a group of former coaches Pierce relied upon for advice and guidance after being given the Raiders job on an interim basis. Lewis was an assistant coach in Washington in 2002 when Pierce played for the team, and they also worked together under Herm Edwards at Arizona State.
Lewis spent 16 seasons coaching the Bengals and led them to seven playoff appearances, though he never won a game in the postseason. He has not worked at the NFL level since the Bengals let him go at the end of the 2018 season, though he has been eager to get back into coaching
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb were clearly dealing with some sort of disconnect during their playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers in the wildcard round.
The issues began early in the first quarter and continued throughout the game. Initially, the disconnect appeared to be timing-related but by the end of regulation, it was clear that Prescott and Lamb were seeing things differently.
At one point during the game, head coach Mike McCarthy and several players went over to give Lamb a pep talk on the bench. But after the loss, Prescott dismissed the notion that he and Lamb were having any issues.
“Two competitors wanted to be perfect and we weren’t perfect early,” Prescott told NFL Network’s Jane Slater at the time. “Far from being disconnected.”
As it turns out, Lamb’s mother, Leta Ramirez, also recognized the disconnect. And in recently unearthed Facebook posts from the day of the game, she absolutely ripped into Prescott and insinuated that Lamb needs to find a new team.
“Dak isn’t it,” read one of her posts.
Ramirez also praised Houston Texans rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud and suggested that Prescott isn’t actually interested in winning a Super Bowl ring. Her solution to that problem is Dallas moving on from their star quarterback to better Lamb’s chances of success.
It very well could have been frustration talking for Ramirez, but it’s apparent that both she and her son weren’t too thrilled with Prescott at the time.
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