Are The Raiders Better than Last Year?

Join Raider Wil and Matty B as they dive into Raiders football, draft prospects, team development, and expectations for the upcoming season. This episode offers insights into roster improvements, coaching strategies, and player development, making it essential for Raiders fans eager for season predictions and team analysis.

 key  topics

Raiders football season expectations
Draft prospects and player development
Coaching strategies and team structure
Player rankings and respect in NFL
Roster improvements and team chemistry

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Episode Overview
01:20 Discussing Brock Bowers' Top 100 Ranking
03:57 Team Win Predictions and Season Outlook
08:30 Roster Improvements and Rookie Signings
12:15 Team Structure and Coaching Development
20:04 Player Development and Mentorship
30:02 Fernando Mendoza's Path to Starting
39:55 Building a Long-Term Winning Culture
49:59 Upcoming Raiders Events and Community Initiatives
59:59 Drafting Day Three Prospects and Expectations

Transcript

Raider Wil (00:01.678)
What up, baby? It's your boy Raider Will with the Silver and Black Radio Podcast and the Most Notorious Crew. I am here today, man, with my boy Maddie B. What's going on, baby?

Matty B (00:13.609)
What's up fam? How's everybody doing tonight, man? How you doing, bro?

Raider Wil (00:18.03)
Doing all right, man. Hey guys, today we got a hell of an episode locked in for you guys, man. We are going to be talking some Raiders football. Training camp already started. We're going to be talking about the team and everything going along with it. So, hey, man, make sure you guys stay tuned. But hey, man, let's get this intro going. And after that, shoot. Let's chop it up.

Matty B (00:40.615)
Let's do it.

Raider Wil (01:20.502)
All right, man, as you guys can hear, hey, we're taking off right now. You guys heard that car pass me by. Hey, shit, show Joe. Thank you for the introduction, my brother. Well, Matty B, man. Hey, let's get this party started. I'm I'm gonna ask you something, man. Hey, the Raiders Brock Bowers debutes at 60 on the top 100, man. Let me get your opinion. Hey, is it is it good, bad, disrespectful? What do you think?

Matty B (01:46.162)
I mean I won't say it's disrespectful because he made the list, you know, so I mean, my opinion, if you make the top one hundred, hey, i as long as you're within that top one hundred, man, there's a lot of players in the NFL, man. It's special to be on that list. But Do I agree with some of the list? No. Bowers, considering where he was this rookie year to where he was this year, I mean, yeah, I could see where he's at, you know.

He's probably what, the third best tight end in the league, maybe? Fourth best? Somewhere around there I would say. So,

Raider Wil (02:23.595)
Hey, don't don't tell that to Raider Nation, baby. They're gonna be like, no, he's A one number one. He's top dog.

Matty B (02:28.172)
Mm-hmm. Hey, I hey hey, I'm not saying he can't beat, but I'm just saying right now when it comes down to certain players, man, he's you know he did he he didn't put up a thousand last year, I don't think, did he?

Raider Wil (02:33.303)
Yeah.

Matty B (02:41.007)
But just shy, right? I I think he was just shy, maybe.

Raider Wil (02:41.067)
No, I I'll be like, and you know what, Ben?

let me check that right now, man. Let me let me check that player.

Matty B (02:46.593)
I might be wrong. I don't know. I might be wrong on that. I suck on stats. Not a stat guy, I can't remember numbers in my head like a lot of people can or guess make most of have it on their computer in front of so

Raider Wil (02:57.355)
No. All right, bad. So I got the computer right here. It says that his stats were sixty four catches, six hundred and eighty yards, ten point six yards, thirty eight yard long, seven touchdowns.

Matty B (03:10.647)
Yeah, so I mean that's pretty good for a tight end, you know. Like I said, man, he's I think he's all right. I think that's where he where he landed is where he deserved to be landing or where he deserved to be after his last year after this last year or so. Especially with the team we had, man, and I'm surprised he even made it.

Raider Wil (03:15.052)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (03:28.769)
No, absolutely, man. Hey, I want to say what's up to the chat out there, man. We got two people listening in right now. Hey, I can't see your names pop up, but I want to thank you guys for popping on in right now. Hey, so check this out, bro. I'm gonna tell you like this. Brock Bowers being ranked at 60 at the top 100 with him even not even finishing the season. That's freaking awesome. I'll be like, at the end of the day, when you talk about a guy getting respect.

This man is in his second year. He was a rookie the year prior. Hey, it's my our boy Raider Chavez. What's going on, baby? What's going on? Salute, salute, salute. But hey, Steven, so we're talking about Brock Bowers, man, and him coming on at 60. We like me and Maddie B were talking about it. We think it's a great spot for him. The guy didn't finish the season. He didn't have over a thousand yards.

Matty B (04:06.396)
Mm-hmm, but

Raider Wil (04:27.359)
And he's still getting the respect from around the league ranked at 60. Chat, if you are out there, man, let me know what you guys think. Hey, is Brock Bowers being ranked at 60 accurate? Do you guys think he should be ranked higher? Do you think he should be ranked lower? Because I'm gonna tell you like this, Matt. Like in my book, him ranked at 60 is right dead on. And I think you're you're you're pretty dead on when you're talking about him being a top three tight end.

Matty B (04:44.082)
Okay.

Matty B (04:56.891)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (04:58.667)
You know, what the re we're gonna really split like cares when you're talking about him not being a top three tight end. But when we look at it, like I said, hey

Matty B (05:04.08)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (05:12.277)
Steven says it's a great spot. I like it. I can't disagree with him. I'd be like, when you look at it, man, guy doesn't finish the season. He's a rookie the year before. He got that respect. Now he's moving on up, man. And the people are still voting for them. And what I like about the top 100, Matty B, it's that it's by his peers. And I don't know about you, man, but when your buddies and your brothers are the ones that go out and they vote you there.

Matty B (05:17.583)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (05:43.007)
And again, voting you there after only a rookie season, being ranked in the top s one hundred at number sixty, Ben, that's fantastic.

Matty B (05:53.088)
Yeah. I I agree a hundred percent, man. I think I think you yeah, you said it right, man. He's right where he needs to be at right now. You know, he can improve on that, you know what I mean? So next year he could be, you know, top twenty, you know, maybe even higher than that. You know, just we get a team around him, man. Anything's the limit for him, you know, sky's the limit for him.

Raider Wil (06:11.181)
But I'm telling you right now.

If Brock Bowers finishes the season next year, okay, and he finishes the season in tech and running at full speed for the Raiders, you'll see him in the top 40. I mean, like, you'll see him on that top half of the top 100 because he's such a weapon, right? And especially if the Raiders have anything to do with success, bro. If we have success this year, it's because back Brock Bowers has caught a ton of passes and he's making a successful.

Matty B (06:44.169)
Hundred percent. Yep.

Raider Wil (06:45.121)
You know what I mean? So that a we wanna get hey. I vote you and Maddie B number one.

Matty B (06:54.824)
Mm-hmm.

Matty B (06:59.209)
Hell yeah. I like being number one.

Raider Wil (07:01.677)
Frank Weber, I love you, man. Hey, I get I he's saying I don't care how a bunch of microphone holders rate pla as players, especially the ones that are on on our team. Hey, you know what though, Frank? I'm gonna tell you like this. It wasn't us that ranked him.

It was the other players that ranked them. So before you go off saying, hey, you know what we have ranked them, don't be putting it on us, bro. Do your research. Make sure that you check the NFL top 100 and see that those players, he's voted on by the peers. So it's not us putting them there.

But again, man, like I was saying, Maddie B, yo. Him being ranked in top 100 is awesome. Hey, Ro Rosh, what's up, baby? I hit them thumbs up. Just popped in to say what up to the man called Raider Will. Hey, what's up, baby? What's going on, man? Hey, but love to you. Appreciate you, big dog. Hey, thank you for listening, man. We do this because you guys are out there listening. But like we said, man, hey, Brock Bowers. Being rep

Matty B (07:53.747)
Para.

Raider Wil (08:13.909)
Ranked in the top sixty, it's a great move. Now, hey man, let's move on to the next subject, bro. I'ma ask you this. I asked this to the other set of guys on Tuesday on the most notorious podcast. Hey man.

Is this team a five and a half one team? Are they more than a five and a half one team? Are they less? Matty B, let me know.

Matty B (08:41.429)
Say we're probably right around

Maybe right around six, seven win team, maybe. I could see, you know, unless we start clicking, you know, it it it all depends on man how everybody clicks with the coaching staff and how the how you know everybody gels together, man. Honestly. Like we could be the commanders a couple years ago, for all we know. We could, you know, I think with the guys we have in place, sorry I don't mean to get off track, but I think with the guys that we have in place in the coaching staff.

I think for sure we could be at least a five and a half win team, maybe better, but I don't think we're anything less than that. I don't think we're gonna have a repeat of last year. I don't think we're any worse than we were last year.

Raider Wil (09:25.601)
You know what, man?

Raider Wil (09:30.55)
It says not on us at off. All right. Thank you, brother. Appreciate that, Frank Weber. And it says, hey, Raider Chavez is taking the over. I'm going to tell you like this, man. I really do feel like that five and a half is right at the mark for the Raiders. I was saying, hey, man, if we get six wins this season, that's gonna be fantastic. There's a lot of things that are going on for the Raiders, right? We got our new quarterback, we got our new offensive or a new head coach.

New system, new DC, lots of new pieces going on. Matt, you and I know, man, when you're coaching, when you got guys going in and doing all these things, bro, it's a lot of work.

Matty B (10:09.436)
Is a lot of work. I'm doing it right now.

Raider Wil (10:12.557)
And honestly, in year one, it's a reconstruction year. You're basically going in there, bro, and you're going like, hey, we're going to make a new thing. We're going to make a new culture. We're going to try to establish new things. But we're not going to establish a winning season. It's very rare, like the commanders going to the playoffs, but then what happens the year after that? And that's what I don't want to see with the Raiders, Matty B. They go, they go to the playoffs and then they fucking like tank it, right? So that's what I don't want to see. That's what I want to see that develop.

Matty B (10:32.124)
Mm. That's what I a hundred percent. I don't

Matty B (10:38.245)
Yeah, I don't want that, man.

Raider Wil (10:42.017)
But go ahead, Matty B, my bad.

Matty B (10:43.205)
Sorry, man, I didn't mean to try to cut you off. But yeah, I agree with you on that, man. I don't want to be the commanders a couple years ago, you know. Would it be nice to see those wins? Yeah, I would I'd be definitely rooting and cheering and I'd be there for whatever I could be there for, you know. But yeah, I wouldn't want to see us tumble back down where we're at now. So I would much rather see it because I think success is built off of smaller victories versus bigger ones, in my opinion. but

Yeah. Yeah. I think so, man. I think I think we could be on the overside this year, you know, just a little over. I'm not I wouldn't say we were more than a seven win team, honestly. If I was to put you out there.

Raider Wil (11:25.943)
Hey, you know what, man? You, Frank Weber, he says, I'm gonna bet the over on that. He's like, hey, Steven Chavez is gonna bet the over. Hey, Roshad says, Hey, I know the the rooks just reported in the the vets report on Wednesday. I'm still going to hold on judgment until I see preseason results in play, but I know one thing is certain. This is a process. And that's the key word right there, bro. Process, right?

Matty B (11:47.318)
A hundred percent process. Yep. Yep.

Raider Wil (11:51.298)
When we're talking about it, man, I love Roche. This is what I bring my dogs for, baby. I'll be like, yo, I love it. It is a step-by-step process. What up, Pred Raider? What's going on, baby? Hey, he says, What's up, Baddie B? What's cracking? Yo, hey, this is exactly why I love Raider Nation, man. There's some guys in there that are locked in. This is a step-by-step process.

Matty B (12:02.998)
Well sure, brother.

Raider Wil (12:15.809)
This isn't gonna, we're gonna go straight to the playoffs and try to win a Super Bowl. This is literally we're building. We're in step one. look, it's a Capitan Rafucho. Captain Raf is in the building, baby. What's going on? But yo, Matt, I'm telling you, man, like, this is step one. And at five and a half to six wins this year, bro, we've doubled up in wins. Doubled up. What else can we ask for?

Matty B (12:40.405)
Mm-hmm.

Raider Wil (12:45.087)
At the end of the day, this team, bro, getting double the amount of wins that they did from last year is a win in my book.

Matty B (12:52.817)
Hundred percent.

Raider Wil (12:55.477)
And people are saying, hey, you know what? If we're this bad next year, if we only get five wins, we're gonna draft in the top half of the draft. Is that a bad thing, man? To be able to draft another top flight player next year to line up next to Fernando Mendoza, where we find our weak spot and see him doing his thing. Is that a bad thing?

Matty B (13:15.976)
Hell no, it's not a bad thing. I fuck, man. I mean, you wanna pick at the end of the draft? One year, and then I mean you're gonna end up you know, if you what are you gonna do if you fuck tumble back down like the commanders, you know what I'm saying? Like you one year you don't pick that low, and the next year you are. You know what mean? Like, I don't want that, man. I don't want that. I want consistency, man. I wanna build something, I want consistency, I want you know, can

Raider Wil (13:23.757)
Yeah.

Matty B (13:44.741)
I'm tired of the same old, same old, same old, same old, same old, same old. Been too long. I'm done with it.

Raider Wil (13:51.234)
Well, I'm gonna tell you like this, bro. I think it's gonna change, but I think Raider Nation also has to take that back step. Exactly what Rosh had said. Hey, you know what, bro? We need to take a step back and say this is a step by step process. We're not gonna win a ton of games, but if we start winning and we're going in the right direction, shut the fuck up and let things go. Hey, what's the over under on Predator keeping on his clothes at home opener? man, that's a tough one, bro.

I got ten on him actually his shirt doesn't stay on the first night, guaranteed. Got ten bucks on that. What about you, Matt?

Matty B (14:32.494)
Wow man, I don't wanna see any dudes naked, so I don't wanna bet.

Raider Wil (14:38.285)
the R boy Predator, bro. the R boy. shoot, man. But yeah, man, like I was saying, hey, five and a half wins, that looks great for us. I think everybody's looking up. Everybody's saying, hey, I I got some people telling me eight wins. If the Raiders get eight wins, Matt, I'm ecstatic for us to go to eight fucking wins, bro. I don't even need to make the playoffs.

Because we won't make the playoffs with an eight and nine record.

Matty B (15:11.366)
Mm-hmm.

Raider Wil (15:13.431)
But for us to get eight wins, that means we beat some teams that people did not think we could beat.

So if you're there with that, bro, like I see I see what's going on, right? So hey, let me ask you this, Matt. Is this year's roster better than last year's?

Matty B (15:34.291)
Yeah. I think it is. I mean, I don't know. 'Cause I haven't seen a lot of the pieces that have been put together 'cause you'll never know until you see on the field. I mean everything's just a speculation till then, but yeah, I mean on paper, yeah, I think we got a better roster than we had last year. I think we got better coaches than we did last year. And I was all for the coaches last year. You know, so I just yeah, I don't think

We did any worse than we did than we were last year, honestly. I think we could have improved in some areas. I think some areas we can still improve on. But at the end of the day, I think we got a better roster than we did last year for sure.

Raider Wil (16:16.789)
I'm there with you right now. Right? We can't say that it's a better roster until the season starts, until we start seeing product on the field. That's when we're gonna know that, hey man, these guys are a good roster. This is a good team. We're far superior. But right now, the names on this roster, hell yeah, they're a lot better than the names we had on there last year. Let's be honest about that, Matt. Like the names are way better.

Matty B (16:38.214)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (16:41.409)
But at the same time, I'm like, we still gotta see what happens. We gotta still see if they gel together. We wanna see everything happen and all everything go out throughout like that. But let me ask you this, Matt. It says, hey, low, hold on. I got some comments on here. Hey, you see, five and a half wins. Frank Weber says that schedule ain't no cakewalk either. And that's why we were saying five and a half wins, bro. That's good.

Matty B (17:04.443)
no.

Matty B (17:08.654)
We got maybe two wins in the first like month and a half, two months of football.

Raider Wil (17:15.143)
Absolutely, man. I'm like, and people need to realize that. I'm like, there ain't no gimme games for the Raiders. Pro we got one of the toughest schedules in the league.

Matty B (17:23.62)
We don't even have we don't even have primetime games, man. So I mean there's definitely no guinea games.

Raider Wil (17:31.884)
Yep. Yo. Predator says he got sixty on the first night that he has sure won't make it. We already know what's gonna go through. Hey. Roshass says the program that Kubayat wants us to install, whether it's offense and defense, is going to take time. And I can be patient with it. hold on. Patient with this regime because he just helped.

Matty B (17:39.199)
That's only 'cause he wants to win.

Raider Wil (18:01.409)
The Seacocks win a championship. LOL. Shoot. Hey, I'm there with you.

Matty B (18:07.841)
Okay, but let's not forget Pete Carroll also took the Seahawks to a championship as well.

Raider Wil (18:15.787)
Yeah, you know what, and I'm there with you, right? Like say

Matty B (18:16.502)
I'm just playing I'm just playing. I I do I but I think Clay Kubiac's a way better coach.

Raider Wil (18:23.191)
Yeah, absolutely, bro. I think he's just set it up way better. Hey he says it on the also, hey, on paper we look better, but we shall see.

It's better by not being dysfunctional, says Steven. Now let me ask you this, Matt. Do you feel that this year has been more functional and more structural for the Raiders than it was last year with Pete Carroll?

Matty B (18:49.871)
yeah, for sure, definitely. I mean, from what I've heard and seen on videos and things like that and inner like their press conferences and stuff like that, yeah. You know, I've I think the way everybody's talking and carrying themselves around that building, yeah, I believe I believe it is. I think it's well structured right now and everything's kinda just working itself together like it needs to. So yeah, for sure, definitely. And I don't think there's

different people answering to different people either. You know what I mean? I don't think I think everybody's on the same page and pretty sure everybody knows who's running the team, who's doing what, and just let the process play out.

Raider Wil (19:34.732)
No, absolutely. And I think like this team, man, the thing that I loved, right, is everybody was tripping out because Mendoza hadn't signed. McCoy hadn't signed. Everybody was stressing. Stuff like that. I'll be like, you had the Max Crosby situation. You had a lot of things happen. And I'm gonna tell you, I have been absolutely impressed by the way that the Raiders have been able to maneuver this offseason. With all the drama that they had with the Max Crosby situation.

With Fernando Mendoza signing the day of going into camp, McCoy getting signed the time the day before, all this other stuff, man. And it's been quiet. It's been quiet for the Raiders this whole offseason. You don't hear no drama coming out of their freaking like side of the house, no nothing like that. It's been quiet. So I think that this year is actually the year, man, where we have found leadership.

Matty B (20:34.111)
Mm-hmm. I think you're right.

Raider Wil (20:38.369)
Which is awesome. Rosh says, Hey.

Matty B (20:39.945)
It is, man. It's it feels nice, man. Like that's kinda how my kids felt too, man. When I came over to my school that I'm coaching now, man, it's it almost feels the same way. You know, like now they're in this system, like now this is this year we're taking another step forward than where we were at last year, you know, and they know what we're looking for, you know. It's the same thing. You know, it starts, you know, same shit, you know. Not comparing it to you football by any means, but you know, continue it, you know.

Raider Wil (21:06.519)
No, no, but you know, you're you're technically correct, bro. Hey, I love what Rosh had just said. It says, and this is true right here, too. Hold on. It says Pete was run out of town when he came here and was option number two. And this time we got we poached Kubiek, and he was hired number one, the hottest candidate. Big difference. And he's right. Penn Johnson was the hottest candidate that year.

Matty B (21:30.634)
Mm-hmm.

Raider Wil (21:34.409)
I remember cause I was lining up for him. I was saying, please, please bring Ben Johnson.

Matty B (21:40.392)
Yeah, I know, I know. I'm not I'll be the first to admit, man, I was like, Don't hire that dude. He ain't know anything. It's not gonna work. It's gonna be the I was wrong as fuck, dude.

Raider Wil (21:53.688)
Yep. Hey, our boy Rorschach. Hey, thank you so much, brother. Make sure that you guys hit those thumbs up, baby, so we can get up in the algorithm, man. Make sure you guys are commenting. Make sure you guys are sharing. Please, man. We're trying to get the word out there. We're trying to get him up in the algorithm. Hey, I appreciate that, big dog. No doubt, no doubt, no doubt. Hey, so here we go, Matty B. So

Like I was saying, all rookies are signed, baby. Max Crosby, JPJ at camp. Maddie B, hey, we're starting to cook. It is time to feel the season, man. The skin is starting to tingle. It is about to be Raiders football. How do you feel, man? Now that you know that all the rookies are signed, they're all in camp. You got Max Crosby, you got JPJ. Let me know, baby.

Matty B (22:48.261)
Man, I'm excited. I'm excited to see how it all gels together, man. I'm excited for what what this what this coaching staff's gonna bring, what these players that we got, what they're gonna do, you know. man, I'm excited we got Max Crosby back. That's another piece, man. I was a little bummed out we were letting him go, but you know, I knew at that point, you know, we had to do what we had to do. You know, like you said earlier, you know, the way they handled everything in the building when it came down to him was

The most professional way I've ever seen the Raiders do anything in a long time when it comes down to a player. You know what I mean? Like most of the time it's, you know, the Devontae Adams situation or something like that, where they're bashing or they're talking or they're doing something stupid and they just won't shut up about us and they're just dysfunctional and this and that. You know, it feels good not to be in those headlines right now. you know, we don't have distractions on our team, you know, people showing up to camp early.

That's that's awesome, man. Like, I don't know if Max has to do it. I don't I could I didn't understand that. Like he was saying like it it

Raider Wil (23:52.247)
No, no. So Max did because he was injured because of his injury. So if you're an injured player, you have to show up early.

Matty B (23:57.951)
Okay, so that's that's where I was getting confused at. So I didn't know if he did it on his on his own or if it was mandatory for him. So okay, all right, that makes more sense now. Okay. So, you know, he's there now, you know, JPJ's there, you know, like we're you know, Thornton just showed up too, you know, like he showed up with the rookies too. I read that today, you know. So there's there's there's bets that are showing up to get that extra work. So that's telling me that people are buying into the system and they want to get better and

That's all you can ask for from these players, man. just buy into the system and let it play out.

Raider Wil (24:32.759)
Bro, I love this right here, right? I love that we have all our rookies signed. So I don't have to hear about Fernando Mendoza not being signed and that he's not there. Jamon McCoy got signed. He got his money. We got every all those situations handled. Max Crosby coming back early because he's getting off injury, but he's already lived at the facility in the offseason. JPJ, another guy that has suffered a lot during the offseason, coming in early.

Matty B (24:40.67)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (24:59.959)
Coming in to get those extra reps to learn all this stuff is absolutely crucial. Because this is a crucial year for JPJ. Let's be honest. I'll be like, out of all the players that are out that showed up, JPJ's on the bubble. He's a guy that has to fight for his spot on that offensive line, and him showing up early is gonna be crucial. Absolutely crucial for this team, man. And and Max just lives at the facility, bro. So

Matty B (25:26.171)
I bet his yard I bet his back door go or his his fucking basketball courts tied to the facility, bro. I bet it's like He's got his own basketball court on the facility.

Raider Wil (25:29.18)
you know, it doesn't even matter.

Raider Wil (25:39.32)
man. Right? No doubt. Hey, Roches says, at Raider Will, you know why you made me a mod for show. Much respect. I do what I can, brother. Absolutely, brother. We love you, man. Thank you so much for being a mod on our page, man. Me and Maddie B couldn't do this without you. Making sure that nobody else is out there messing it up. Hey, national media has been very positive on the Raiders this offseason. Hey, you're not lying, bro.

Matty B (25:57.911)
Yeah, they're

Raider Wil (26:07.659)
You're not lying. This is the first year that the Raiders have some positive media, Matt. We're usually being made fun of when we look at our first round draft pick, bro. We're usually the guys that everybody's going and looking at, like, what the fuck are these guys doing? But for the first time, national media is saying the Raiders know what they're doing, Matt. Tell me when's the last time, bro, you seen the Raiders get told that they know what they're doing.

Matty B (26:38.39)
Well before the Super Bowl, that's for sure.

Raider Wil (26:38.903)
Yo.

Hey, Frank Weber says, Raider will turn up. Hey, baby, we turn up all day, every day, baby. That's what we do. We love our Raiders football. I got my boy Maddie B. We got you guys in the chat. I'll be like, hey, this is my our brotherhood time. So I appreciate you guys logging in, man. And I appreciate you guys listening to us. So I'll be like, Hey, this is what makes me excited. It's to be excited with you guys about Raider, our Raiders, and what they got going on. It says, Rosha says, Hey.

What is positive so far for me is that all the rooks have signed and everyone will be there at camp. This is not normal for us. Re really, and that's why we bit this we're a bit skeptical, but I love it. Hey, he's not lying. Like I said, man, I'm like, what no offseason drama? Everything is lined up. Players are supposed to be where they're supposed to be. Guys are lining up. People want to be a part of the Raiders.

There's some new life in our team, man. For the first time in a long time, I really feel like the Raiders have some life in them.

Matty B (27:44.242)
Yeah. I can't I I agree with you a hundred percent, man. Like I said, man, like everybody's just talking positive the whole year. Like there's been no negative no negativity about it. Has people been worrying about Fernando Mendoza? I think they worrying I think a lot of people worry too much over little things, you know? So just gotta sit back and chill, man.

Let things go. Keep things work out for a reason, man.

Raider Wil (28:16.235)
And and what I love, I'm gonna tell you something, Maddie. What I love is that this year there's a lot of positivity around the team, and it's not built around the just the coach. It's built around players. It's built around the whole thing that we're doing, man. I'd be like, if you really hear about what the Raiders got cooking, you don't really hear Kubiak is at the forefront like we did with Pete Carroll, where we did with AP.

Matty B (28:26.311)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (28:41.783)
With we did with Josh McDaniels. Everybody was like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Josh McDaniels and yeah, the coach, the coach, the coach. This year, bro, it's been about the coaches, it's been about the players we're bringing in. It's bringing about the like the personnel. Tell me, man. I'm like, this has been a whole freaking soiree, a whole party.

Matty B (28:59.215)
Mm-hmm.

Raider Wil (29:07.243)
So I'll be like, it's awesome.

Matty B (29:10.275)
Feels good, man. It feels good.

Can only go up, man. It can only go up from here.

Raider Wil (29:14.549)
shoot.

Hey bro, the co captain of the ship is Maddie B, brother. Matty B. That's my brother. Always on here with me, man. He's always my ride or die when we do the Silver and Black Radio podcast, man. We're always doing it together, my brother.

Matty B (29:31.353)
Who's that? What's up?

Raider Wil (29:33.95)
Roshad was asked it. But yeah, man, hey, like I said, man, this is the first time that I feel our team is complete and it the vibe is just different. Now, bro, there's a lot of questions, right? That that are coming up now that Fernando is in the fold. And as soon as he signs, the first question that everybody's asking, Matt.

Matty B (29:34.756)
yeah, what's up better?

Raider Wil (30:02.665)
Is when does he start? When is Fernando Mendoza gonna start? Instead of saying, hey, well, I'm glad he signed. I'm glad this guy is here. We're gonna see what happens in the future. The first question we have is, why is or when is he gonna start? So Matty B, let me ask you this.

hold on.

What is the ideal situation for Mendoza to take over? When? How? How does this happen, man? What is the ideal situation for him?

Matty B (30:34.791)
When the time is right. No, it's gonna it's it it's gotta be when you you don't just throw him in to let people see who he is, you know what I mean? Like you don't make a package for him like I hear these people saying, make a certain package, you bring him in, let him be the No, that's stupid. you're gonna bring him in, you bring him in, you start him. And you don't do that until either one, Kirk Cousins gets hurt, two he starts

Bombing and is just not doing anything and he turned into the old Kirk Cousins that people were afraid of, you know. Or three, you just let him ride the season out if Kirk Cousins is doing good, man. Like, you don't, you can't just throw him in there. You don't just throw him in there. You can't when he's ready, he's ready. You know what I mean? Like, and that's gonna be on the coaching staff. So the people that are saying all this, he needs to start, he needs to start. No, we don't. No, we don't.

Let it play out, man. This is part of the process. This is part of what we're talking about. You've got to let things play out. You can't be just throwing people in. If the line is bad, do you think he's gonna be any better than what Kirk Cousins is gonna be doing? No, he's gonna be getting sacked, he's gonna be getting hit, he's gonna be getting hurt just like Kirk Cousins. And what are you gonna do when he turns into an RG3? Are you guys gonna be blaming the regime for

Putting him in too early now or all this other stuff because that's what you guys want. No, let it play out, man. Let the system play out. So until he get until Kirk Cousins gets hurt or until he starts bombing on the field, you don't play Mendoza. And even then, if Mendoza isn't ready, you put AOC in there. I don't care what people say. Put AOC in there. He's got more con he's got more experience and he could probably lead the team a little further than A than Mendoza if he's not ready.

So again, you don't just throw him in there because the fans want to see him. You throw him in there when the coach and the regime's ready for him to be in there.

Raider Wil (32:41.985)
No, okay. Hey, you know what chat? I wanna know from the chat right now, what is the ideal situation for Mendoza to take over? In your guys' opinion, when should Mendoza take over and how? Okay. First of all, bad aid, let me get all this spirit hook on the messages real quick.

here it Frank Weber says there are has always been a difference between people who want to win and people who want and people who don't losing to be their fault. And people who don't losing to be their fault. I don't I I'm kind of confused on that one, but all right, brother. Yo, Roshad says, Maddie B salute baby.

Yo, Predator says, both solid brothers of mine on this podcast. Absolutely, baby. And he says, don't want losing to be their fault. And don't want losing to be their fault. Absolutely, man. Like there's absolutely people like that.

Matty B (33:32.711)
Yes, sir.

Matty B (33:40.317)
Well yeah, and nobody wants it to be your fault, man. Yeah.

Raider Wil (33:44.905)
Absolutely.

Now I'm gonna tell you like this, bad. The ideal situation for Fernando Mendoza to take over.

Is whenever Clint Kubiak thinks he's ready and for B, I'm thinking it's gonna be a while around week 14. Week 14 is when we come back off our bye week, we can settle stuff down, we can look at our opponent and say, Hey, this is a good game for him. But this is all coming back to it. If we're a six and what is it? A six and twelve team. Matt, we're pro people are gonna be begging for Mendoza to get in.

Like week eight, week nine, when we go through the thick of it, when you're talking about playing the Rams, trying to play all these elite teams. I don't want to see Fernando Mendoza out there at all doing that time, bro. Are you kidding me? Do you I want Fernando Mendoza to line up against Miles Garrett and that Rams defense? No.

Matty B (34:48.482)
Yeah, that's not even saying it fucking old what's his name comes back, man. That's like yeah, we're gonna kill the guy in one game.

Raider Wil (34:56.493)
And that's where I'm saying, man, it it's wild, right? So I say, hey, let's be patient. Let's look at what's best for him. If he's developed enough, if he's taking over the job, if he's doing everything that he's supposed to be doing, then put him in. But don't put him in just to get some cheap ass wins next year. Or to be complacent with the fans. All right? Don't do that. That's what's gonna ruin Fernando Mendoza, and we're gonna ruin another kid.

For another decade and we're gonna be fucked. Let's be patient. Let's see what he does. And the ideal situation is whenever the coaches have him ready. Okay? So Rochass says, at Raider Will, you are correct. People are talking about our roster and not questioning our coaching staff. It's like a bit bizarre for us. We are not used to being a functional as as this being functional as dysfunctional as us. Hey.

Yeah, that ain't no lie, baby. Hey, we are functional, and being dysfunctional is what we are. And that's why people are like, whoa, what's going on? I 100% agree with that. The dysfunction has been something that the Raiders have done for decades now. Now, us coming back, man, and having this structure and having all this has provided us with some semblance and functionality.

And Raider Nation might not be ready for it, Matt. Right? I d that's what I think.

Matty B (36:28.893)
Yeah, man. Hey. Like I've said before, man, we're not the Oakland Raiders. We're not the Los Angeles Raiders, man. We gotta find a new identity because the old identities ain't working, man. So maybe this is the start of the new identity that we're looking for. You know what I mean? So

Raider Wil (36:47.159)
Yo, you're not lying. And I'm gonna tell you something. You just said something about the new identity, right? Frank Weber said it here. Players want to play here again. That's a big deal. Matty B, he's not lying. I really feel like that. I feel like now people are looking at the Raiders as a qualified location to go to, not just a dumpster fire that's gonna happen again and go back into what it has been. Now

Matty B (37:13.614)
All right.

Raider Wil (37:14.795)
We are looking at a team that is structured, a team that has a future. People want to be a part of this organization.

Matty B (37:23.308)
Hundred percent, man. Yeah.

Raider Wil (37:24.469)
I think it's changing things. We are no longer gonna have to overpay for these guys to come here and play. People are saying, we overpaid for Linderbog. No shit. Nobody wants to fucking come and play here. We sucked. We had showed no future. Now we're showing structure. Now we're moving forward. Matt, that's gonna bring more players.

Matty B (37:27.507)
Matty B (37:36.494)
Beijing se atacar.

Matty B (37:47.042)
Mm-hmm. Yeah. That's exactly right, man. You gotta have structure to bring the players, man. You can't just throw it, you know, like you you got to quit fucking hiring people that are washed up, bringing them in, and expecting to change every year, man. It's fucking repetitive, man. It's fucking definition of insanity. Fucking repeating the same thing over and over and over, hoping for different results. You know, and that's what we've been doing. So like I said.

I was wrong. Last year and this year I do. I have a lot more confidence this year than I did last year in this in this this area, man. so I'm happy, I'm excited, I'm fucking ready for this season. Fucking let's go.

Raider Wil (38:35.223)
Hey, Roches says, sit Fernando, let him watch and learn. That will be the best case scenario. Absolutely. I hope Kirk Cousins comes in here and tears it up. I hope Kirk Cousins gets eight wins because that means we will not see Fernando Mendoza touch the field this year. And he will be able to develop and see what it is to build a championship team, Matt.

Matty B (38:41.2)
Yeah. Hundred percent. But yeah.

Yeah.

Matty B (38:59.644)
Yep, a hundred percent agree. Hundred percent agree. So

Raider Wil (39:04.757)
Hey, I it's not that Fernando's not talented. It's that Fernando Mendoza needs to learn. He needs to be developed and taught how to be an NFL quarterback. Now, hey, Predator says, Hey, what if Cousins does what Sam Darnold did for Seattle? A

Matty B (39:06.92)
Mm-hmm.

Raider Wil (39:23.661)
Are you kidding me, bro? If he comes in here and he starts tearing it up and we're going to the playoffs and we're making deep playoff runs and winning a Super Bowl, Kurt Cousins, Kurt Cobain's, I will buy your jersey, bro. If you take if you take us to the Super Bowl, if Kurt Cobain's takes us to the Super Bowl, man, I think I might have a heart attack that day. Because I'm like, I'm telling you, bro, ain't no

Nobody in Raider Nation ready for the Raiders to go to the Super Bowl next year. No that that would be the most unpredictable thing ever.

Matty B (39:55.1)
Okay, so here. I got I got something for you guys. Would you guys rather take a Super Bowl this year and s turn around and have the same situation for the next twenty years? Or would you guys rather us build something and win something?

Raider Wil (40:16.251)
bro.

That's tough question, bro. I might just take that Super Bowl so I could talk my shit because I've been waiting forty years.

Matty B (40:19.809)
Yeah, tough question, huh? Because I'm in the same boat. I wouldn't. I'd be like, I'd be fucking up and down, fucking enjoy, but would I be like another 20 years? I'd be like, fuck, man, that would suck, you know? Or build something to last, you know? So I would build something to last, honestly. I would take that over winning a Super Bowl. But I would love a Super Bowl. Don't get me wrong. I

Raider Wil (40:36.833)
Absolutely.

Raider Wil (40:44.493)
I got you, bro. Yo. Hey, the Predator says Super Bowl. Hey. God family and Raiders for Life says salute, Raider Nation. Family, salute, baby. Salute. Hey, appreciate you stopping by, baby. Appreciate the support. Hey, Predator says that he would buy us both a jersey if Kirk Cousins does what Sam Darnold did. Take us to a super.

Matty B (40:54.179)
We know you would you be there, bro?

Raider Wil (41:14.613)
says, Rosh says, I give a lot of credit to Mark Davis for doing what needed to be done and hiring Tom Brady for the for the football operations and CEO for the business side because the money is not a problem but a strength. Woo!

I love it. I love it. Hey.

Matty B (41:33.335)
I like it.

Raider Wil (41:36.439)
says Maddie B it says you need to clean your camera lens.

Matty B (41:40.464)
I do no, it's my it's my light off of my ceiling. If I turn the other one down and then it's like too dark, so I gotta fuck with my ceiling lights.

Raider Wil (41:51.154)
man, hey, Rochette says Raider will equals Dick Valley Tell. Hey, baby, you know it. You know it, man. We bring that heat on this pod. You know how it is. Hey. It says some people here, some people might not be here 20 years from now, unfortunately. Petter Raider ain't lying, baby. Hey, we got our boy just Raiders, baby. What's going on? Salute, salute, salute, baby. Hey, make sure, guys, that you guys log in.

Matty B (42:01.176)
Okay.

Matty B (42:09.423)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (42:21.191)
On Mondays, we're gonna be doing Raiders Unleash, but just Raiders, baby. It's gonna be me. It's gonna be Raiders Primos. Man, it's gonna be a great show. Make sure you guys log in Monday nights, man. It's gonna be some fire. Hey, Rosh says salute, salute, salute. It says, Hey, Frank Weber says, I'm too old for anything else but to win right now. Hey, salute to the nation. we got Raider Amethyst in the building. What is going on? Hey.

Matty B (42:46.749)
Hold up, MA.

Raider Wil (42:50.857)
Abbatus says Super Bowl would be sick, but no one said we can't go to the Super Bowl building something that lasts. Hey, she's not lying, man. She's not lying. Smart girl, man. Thanks for stopping on by Amethyst. Yo. God Family says salute, Jay. And then we got Frank saying, salute, G fam. We got, we got Raider Travis in the building. Salute, salute, salute, fam. Thank you for stopping by.

Matty B (42:57.937)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (43:19.373)
Appreciate you, big dog. Yes, sir. man, we got a lot of people in the house, man. Hey, we appreciate you guys stopping by. Make sure that you guys hit that like button. Hit that little notification bell. Hey, get them thumbs up, hey man. Hey, Maddie B does look like he's in the fog. Gotta get the light right. Hey, bad. You never know what's going on over there at Maddie B's house, man. You never know. It might be a smoke out. Who knows?

Matty B (43:36.538)
Agua, agua.

huh.

There might be some smoke in this room. Maybe. That might be what it is. No, it's my light, man. I'll get it fixed by the next one, I promise you guys. That way you guys can see my pretty smile.

Raider Wil (43:49.037)
Who knows?

Raider Wil (43:56.448)
man. Hey bad. So hey, who do you think will help Fernando develop the most on the whole squad? I know hey, and there it I know Clint Kubiak is the main guy, right? So let's go a little bit outside of of Clint Kubiak. Who's gonna help Fernando develop the most?

Matty B (44:23.191)
Are you talking like positions coaches? Are you talking like players? Like or just anybody in general?

Raider Wil (44:27.336)
anybody, players players, coaches, whoever, man.

Matty B (44:33.175)
I mean a quarterback's coach has to be pretty good, you know, like I think you have to have a pretty good quarterback's coach, but I won't you know, I ain't gonna go into that guy. 'Cause I don't really know who he is. I th is it it's Janik how do you say his name? Janik Janoko? Yeah. So

Raider Wil (44:45.911)
Cinoco.

Yeah, Andrew Jinoco is the offensive pseudo offensive coordinator. But I agree with you. I think Andrew Junoko's gonna be locked in with him.

Matty B (44:52.3)
Yeah.

Matty B (44:56.038)
Yeah, I think I think that's probably his biggest guy right there, him, would be my would be my guess. but I really think it's gonna be the players, man. I think I think the players meshing with him and him just his his personality and the way he carries himself is gonna go well with a lot of these players that we have on this team. So I think the players in general are gonna be what makes him a better person and a better player. But I think Junoko, is that how you say his name?

Yeah, so I yeah, but I think he's gonna be a big part of it when it comes down to the coaching side. So yeah, those those would be my just players in general and then Jinoco would be the I think his biggest help.

Raider Wil (45:41.624)
God family and Raiders for Life says lenses dirty watching too much OnlyFans. That's a good one, bro. That's a good one. Hey. It says the Predator says the bench will help him the most. Hey, Travis says, I hope Fernando don't disappoint you. All giving him the nickname.

Matty B (45:48.763)
Hey, yay. Don't worry about what I do.

Raider Wil (46:10.517)
Mandalorian, Mendalorian.

Now it says AOC will probably help Fernando more than cousins because he will probably be more available to explain and answer quests. The kid might the kid might have during the game. Hey, absolutely. However, that's fell. Yes, that's so he's like Mandalorian. Hey, you know what, man? I'm telling you right now, I agree kind of what what Frank said and what you said. Frank's saying that, hey.

AOC's gonna be there. And honestly, he's gonna be more accessible to them all the time. So they're gonna be able to go through a process of them learning together, right? Going through this and going through this whole process. Andrew Jinoko is the offensive coordinator and has been the quarterback's coach for Kubiak for years. So you're gonna see a contingency of these guys helping.

But what I really do think is gonna be Andrew Jinoko is gonna be in his hip pocket. He's gonna be the guy going in there day in and day out, making sure that he's studying the playbook, making sure that he knows what's going on, because at the end of the day, that's what Fernando needs to learn. Everybody keeps saying, yeah, he can make all the throws, he has all this ability. Yes, absolutely. But he still needs to learn the process of how to be a leader, how to make the calls.

How to put this team in the right positions, Matt. Hey, Roshaz says, I believe Andrew Jinoko, in my opinion, he's going to know that his strengths and turn his weaknesses into strengths. Flawless victory incoming. Could be.

Raider Wil (47:56.568)
Daddy Predator says, I mean the I mean the bench with respect. Look at Brady, Rogers, and so many who studied and waited. And this is where I love what he just said. Studied and waited, and it doesn't mean that if you study and you wait, that you're not gonna be a good pick, Matt, that you're not gonna be successful. There's plenty of situations in the NFL where people have been successful where they waited.

Matty B (48:17.363)
Hey.

Matty B (48:22.862)
Sometimes the bench is the best teacher, dude. I tell that to my kids sometimes. Sometimes the bench is the best teacher.

You gotta sit and learn, you sit and learn, man. That's where you're gonna get it. You know what I mean? Learn from your players. Learn from your your teammates. If you think you're, you know, you don't have to show up to practices, you don't have to do this and that, guess what? You're getting benched. Maybe that'll make you start showing up. You know, that's the best play it's the best best form of punishment, best form of learning and all in one, if you think about it.

Raider Wil (48:59.839)
Absolutely. Absolutely. It's there's nothing to say that you sitting on the bench as a rookie is a bad thing.

Matty B (49:06.958)
Mm-hmm.

Raider Wil (49:09.909)
Hey, Raider Travis says, like I've been saying from day one, until we know the strengths of our O-line, Fernando shouldn't be considered to start. We're playing Kirk Cousins for a reason. Absolutely, Raider Travis. We should not put Fernando Mendoza out there until we know that we can protect the bag. I know a lot of people are gonna say there's been quarterbacks like Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, these this guy and that guy that started from the beginning and got their asses handed to them.

and developed and did all these things. But Fernando Mendoza isn't the same guy. And they're not in the same situation. So why not, Matt, why not let her cousins go out there, figure it out, see what we got, see where we're at, and then when Fernando is ready, let him go.

Matty B (49:59.726)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (50:04.117)
Hey, Rosh says, I believe Andrew Jinoco will be here until the right situation comes around to take a head coach. Ho head coaching position. Because nowadays they wait for the right situation that comes around, and that's what's best for them. Matt, you're a coach. What would you do if you were Andrew Jinoco and you just came over with the highest like recruited offensive guy from last year, and now you're his offensive coordinator? What would you do?

Matty B (50:26.494)
Man, I would fucking bust my ass and try to be the best I can. You know, if I get that if I get that promotion, hell yeah, you know. now if I want to stay and I want to build something, that's totally, you know, that's up it's up to you, you know, and what you want to do. If you want to stay in with that group, that's up to you. If you want to go further in that.

Direction and be the head coach instead of just a positions coach or an offensive coordinator or something like that, by all means, hell yeah, take it. You know, but that's up to the person. Are they ready for it? You're gonna be able to take that responsibility because coaching a team is a lot different than calling plays or being a coordinator or being an assistant to somebody. It's a whole different ballgame, man. So unless you're ready for that, then don't take it. But yes, if you think you are, by all means do

Raider Wil (51:24.353)
I I you are 100% correct, bro. And I love what he said. You're absolutely correct, Roshet. He is waiting for the correct situation to come. You're gonna develop for a couple of years. You're gonna get your salt and pepper. You're gonna develop and get this high-quality offense, right? So you can show other teams what you can do as a coordinator. And then guess what? You're gonna be in the same position that your coach just was. You're gonna be a hot shot coordinator going somewhere.

So I agree with that, Matt. I think he's gonna come in here. He's gonna wait a couple of years. He's gonna develop. He's gonna build something. And then once he's done building it and making sure that everything's locked in, high level teams are gonna come to come pick him up. And then that's when he's gonna go. All right, Frank Weber says Mendoza has many hurdles. New league, new team, new system, new formations, new coaches, new teammates. Let's not put obstacles in front of that young man.

Matty B (52:08.359)
Yep.

Raider Wil (52:21.037)
Hey baby, he's absolutely right. Why not remove all these obstacles? Let him get by, let him learn how to do like get around all these things and develop around these. Show Kurt or Kirk Cousins can show him how to run this team, Matt. Kirk Cousins can show him how to do all that, and then guess what? Then he takes over. Wouldn't that be the best and ideal situation?

Matty B (52:43.922)
Yeah, 100%, man. if you got somebody that's gonna lead you, especially somebody that's not gonna be pissed off because you're behind them and you're trying to take their job, you know, that's the best thing ever. You know, when you got a quarterback that's willing to sit there and coach you and train you and be like, Hey, when you see this right here, this is what we're looking for in this kind of an offense. When you see this defense lining up right here,

We're going to pull these guys. We're going to do this. We're going to motion here. We're going to do this. You know, you're teaching this guy what you see because you've played in this system before. You know what to expect. Now, are you going to play the same football as Kirk Cousins? Are you going to be Kirk Cousins when you go out there? No. Because you're going to have coordinators and stuff like that that are going to teach you things and you're going to learn a different way and you're going to have different throwing styles and stuff like that. And you're going to read the field differently than he is. But he's going to teach you.

the basics of what's going on with that. And that's what you want. When you have a coach or I'm sorry, a quarterback that is willing to help you and do that without being upset of you taking his job. Just a perfect scenario.

Raider Wil (53:51.79)
Yeah, man. Hey, I love what Raider Travis just came out. He's like, I'm looking forward to Genty running through a motherfucker's face all season. Get that 1300 rushing yards. Bro, I can't wait for that either. I can't wait to see them big old war daddies, like I was telling just Raiders, baby, that we need war daddies up front to move people, Matt. I can't wait to see these guys pad up and the blockers know who they gotta block and start moving people up front.

Front. Once we start seeing Ashton Genty in the secondary one on one with safeties and corners, baby, are you kidding me, bro? This dude is gonna be running to a motherfucker's face over again, over and over and over again, as Marshawn used to say, baby. I'll be like, it's gonna be absolutely brutal.

Matty B (54:21.782)
Mm-hmm.

Raider Wil (54:49.355)
Shoot, man. Hey. Thank you, Just Raiders, baby. It says make sure you hit them likes on this stream. Click subscribe button if you're not subscribed already. Yes, sir. Please make sure that you guys wipe them feet. Hit them likes. Hey, subscribes. Hit that little doorbell button. And make sure you do that for my boy Just Raiders Baby as well, man. Because he always got some fire cotton coming out. So hey, Frank Weber says, Genty is gonna be a different with the fullback paving the way.

Matt, let me ask you this. You're a coach. When you bring in a fullback to your situations, how much does the running style change for your running back? How much more confidence does that guy have back there toting the rock?

Matty B (55:34.207)
man, when you got somebody that ain't afraid to go out there and lead block for you, man, no running back loves that guy. You know, when you got a guy that's scared or you ain't got somebody like that, it's a lot harder for a running back to be running back there, you know? It's a little more nerve wracking back there 'cause you you gotta really watch what you're doing and know where you're gonna be cutting and watch your blockers and if your blockers ain't there, you gotta be able to take that. You know, you gotta be able to take that hit. A w a fullback is there to protect you and lead the way for you. You know, so

You I love full backs, man. I I I run in my system. I run fullback, so I love man.

Raider Wil (56:08.813)
Bro, I'm telling you right now, bro.

Matty B (56:13.949)
If we have some hey, check this out. If we get if what's his name comes out, man, and he starts playing like Marcel Reese used to play, that's the kind of fullback you want.

Raider Wil (56:24.801)
Yeah. my gosh, bro, if we can get Ha Hayward

Matty B (56:25.831)
Somebody that can catch, run, and block. bro, that's a that's what you want in a fullback right there. You want somebody that's all three yeah. yeah, all three of those phases.

Raider Wil (56:37.323)
Hundred percent. Hey, Raider Travis says Batty B looks like he's on a program being anonymous with the blur face. How we know how we know it's really him.

Matty B (56:46.393)
I'm gonna get one of those voice recorders next time so you guys be like, hmm

Raider Wil (56:50.797)
I love Raider Travis, bro. Thank you, brother, for stopping by. Hey, look, man, I'm telling you right now that fullback Hayward is gonna be catching a lot of passes, and I like what you just said. If he has that ability to like Marcel Reese, where he's able to catch passes out of the backfield and get first downs, that's gonna be a huge change for the Raiders, bro. That's gonna make it so that people have to respect our game in a different way. The play action game would be working and pimping.

Matty B (57:18.565)
Mm-hmm.

Raider Wil (57:20.245)
I feel like that's gonna stretch the field and make you cover more guys. And you know it as a defensive coordinator, it gets difficult.

Matty B (57:29.338)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (57:29.729)
Hey, Jess Raiders basically says hopefully he will be different and that line can halfway block. Hey, that is no lie, brother.

Matty B (57:36.089)
That's what you need, man. That's the the line is where it starts, man. So if they can't do it

Quarterback ain't gonna do it.

Raider Wil (57:47.348)
Absolutely, man. Hey brother, let's go let's go on to the next thing here. We got hey, I wanna know who's your most exciting day three prospect. Who are you looking forward to the most from that we drafted day three that you wanna see on the field or that that you wanna see on the field, bro?

Matty B (58:08.612)
yeah.

Who'd we pick up in day three? I'm sorry. I

Raider Wil (58:14.893)
So we got Jarmad McCoy, a corner. We got let me see here. Hold on, hold on. No, no trading stooks is the day two pick.

Matty B (58:18.313)
Mm. We trading Stukes, right? We got him.

Matty B (58:27.547)
It was a day two? I thought he was a who was his partner.

Raider Wil (58:33.677)
Vader's track.

Matty B (58:35.433)
Yeah, you're right, yeah, you're right. His his partner was the later pick.

Raider Wil (58:38.775)
So hold on.

Raider Wil (58:42.477)
So in the fourth we picked up Gerard McCoy. We got Mike Washington. In the fifth, we got Dalton Johnson, Arizona, we got quarter Hezekiah Masses, out of California, we got Malik Benson and we got Brandon Keel Cleveland. Those are all our day three picks.

Matty B (59:01.727)
I'm looking forward to that running back, man. I'm looking forward to seeing is it Mike Williams?

Raider Wil (59:08.933)
it is Washington. Mike Washington. Running back out of Arkansas.

Matty B (59:12.135)
Mike Washington, sorry. My bad, guys. My bad. Yeah. I'm looking forward to him, man. we can get a one two punch in that backfield with a good line, somebody that can move the ball up and down, straight or you know, vertical. Then man you talk about a one you talk about Ash and Genty getting yards, man. Wait till you get a one two punch in there, bro. They're gonna be tearing it up, bro. That's gonna be what's up. So if we get Mike Washington back there and he starts

Popping off, man, I think that's gonna be one of my favorite day three picks.

Raider Wil (59:49.079)
No, no, no doubt, bro. Hey, so hey, so here's what Frank Weber has to say. Frank Weber says McCoy for sure.

Matty B (59:55.881)
Mm, for sure.

Raider Wil (59:59.256)
Predator says Benson has the most to prove.

And I don't think he returns kicks. He says, Does Washington return kicks? I don't think so. But I'm gonna tell you guys like this. The two guys that I'm looking forward to the most is Jarmod McCoy. One, because he's a first-round talent that slipped into the fourth because of his injury. So we're getting this guy at a way discounted price. I really want to see what he can do, right? I don't want the Raiders, though. I'm gonna tell you like this, man.

Matty B (01:00:08.866)
I don't think so.

Raider Wil (01:00:30.551)
I don't want this guy to be accelerated back because he's coming back off this serious knee injury. I would rather them him baby it and see where he's at next year if it's a big risk. The other guy is Malik Benson. I think him being the sixth pick in the or in the sixth-round pick, he's a sleeper pick. I think he's gonna catch a lot of balls. He has a great speed, and I think he's gonna make a big difference. And don't be amazed if Hezekiah Masses makes this team.

And is actually a starter, you're we're starting to see a lot of people talk about. And a lot of people were saying that hey, he was keeping up with the guys in OTAs and stuff like that. Now we're gonna see what he looks like in pads. Hey, Raider Travis has a question: who's gonna step up and be our third and run pro guy? Matt, I'll let you take that one right now.

Matty B (01:01:26.382)
That third and infro guy?

Raider Wil (01:01:29.345)
Yeah. I mean like we got Malik neighbor or you got neighbors who's gonna be or Addison. You got Addison who's gonna be our number one. You got Trey Tucker who will be probably our number two. So who do you think is gonna slide into that number three spot?

Matty B (01:01:49.67)
Man, I'm really hoping I don't know if you'd I don't know, man.

Matty B (01:01:57.114)
I really wanna see Deontay Thornton really step up, but I don't think he'd be playing more in the slot at the number three area, honestly. He's a little taller receiver. I think he's more speed on the outside, but

Third and Ren Pro, man, I think the best hands on the team to be able to catch the ball is gonna be Tucker, honestly. I think Tucker's got the best hands out of anybody. So I think he's your go to guy if you're looking at a third and Ren Pro type player. So I'd have to say Tucker.

Raider Wil (01:02:31.009)
I'm gonna go with somebody different. I'm gonna go with a guy that needs to prove himself. A guy that I believe that this year is a really big year for him. Jack Besh.

Matty B (01:02:38.512)
I know who you're gonna say. Yep. I was gonna say the same. I should have I forgot about Bash man. Yeah. I can agree with you on that for sure. For sure. Yeah.

Raider Wil (01:02:44.546)
I think

Because he's not a guy that creates separation with his speed. He's a bot a guy that creates separation by the way that he runs routes in his body. So I think that he is the perfect replacement for a third and run pro, a guy that is a possession receiver, a guy that can go out there and make plays like that. So that's who I think will step up. Hey, Roches says Rider B and Maddie B or Raider Will and Maddie B. Unfortunately I'm gonna call it a night because I have a long a long work week.

And I'm tired. I've had a long work week and I'm tired. So hopefully I contributed enough during this live stream. So good night. Hey, brother, thank you so much, man, for locking in. Man, we appreciate you, big night. We love you. Thank you so much, my brother. Hey, Raider Travis says, fuck it. Let's fucking go, Raiders. He says, We're going 20 and Hey, Predator saying that hey, Trey Tucker is gonna be a third down.

Matty B (01:03:22.411)
Yes, sir.

Matty B (01:03:27.444)
Appreciate you, brother.

Matty B (01:03:33.516)
fuck yeah, hell yeah. Let's do it.

Raider Wil (01:03:44.567)
HIRA

Matty B (01:03:45.312)
Yeah. I think Trey Tucker's our best hands, man. I think he will be our third ground guy. I think that's the guy you're gonna go to. I think Besh is gonna I I don't know, bro. Besh is fucking I think he could be really, really good. Like honestly, I think he could be really good, but he's got a lot to prove too. He's got a lot to prove.

Raider Wil (01:04:09.351)
Absolutely, man. I agree with your family.

Matty B (01:04:10.004)
Okay.

Raider Wil (01:04:18.377)
Hey, Frank Weber says, rest and relax, baby. Rest and relaxation. no, yes, sir. Hey. So Matty B. hold on. Raider Travis says, we definitely need to improve our third down conversions in red zone plays this year. It was a joke last year not getting into the end zone inside the 20. And you know what? I agree with him that we need to increase our productivity in that.

But I'm going to tell you that this year, man, I really think there's going to be a lot of changes in that because Brock Bowers does make a difference. And I think that him and Mayer are going to be heavily used in that red zone. I think that this offense going play action, using different things to get guys open, is going to get our guys to be more efficient and to convert in those third down situations.

Matty B (01:04:51.366)
No huh?

Matty B (01:05:03.575)
Okay.

Raider Wil (01:05:08.769)
The reasons that we weren't efficient last year is because every time we were in third down, Matt, it felt like we were in third down in forever.

Matty B (01:05:16.176)
Yeah.

Raider Wil (01:05:18.453)
Like we couldn't get a fucking down. We couldn't get a yard. So I mean like it was really difficult. So that's why I really felt, man, like this year is gonna be a big difference because we're gonna have guys be more efficient.

And we're gonna have guys in position to do what we they gotta do. But hey guys, man, you know what? We are getting almost to the end of the show, man. So if you guys could do me a favor, man, make sure that you guys go to silverblackradio podcast dot com. Show us some love there. And please follow the Silver and Black Radio Podcast, man. We're on YouTube, Spotify, we're everywhere, guys. We try to get out, we try to get all the Raiders news and events.

Here are some Raiders events that are going around. Guys, we got our stuff always out to the street. So, hey, T B H I will be having a backpack drive that is going on till July 26th, man. TMBC misfits. A make sure that if you guys get a chance, make

Make sure you contribute to these. These are awesome. They're doing great things for their local community, guys. So make sure that you help them out. Hey, then we got TBH San Antonio.

With youth of the nation, man. They're doing a backpack tribe down there in San Antonio till August second. Make sure that you guys donate, man. Make sure that you guys get yourselves out there and help these things out. Now, guys, we're gonna go with letting you guys know what's going on for the home opener.

Raider Wil (01:07:02.829)
TNBC will be having their annual home opener Saturday morning. Make sure that you guys check out Parkway Tavern. Right after that. They have a poker tournament. The second annual Perko Tournament is going down. Make sure that you guys get out there, man. They're going to be contributing to US Vets and other organizations around. So make sure that you guys get in there, man. If you guys sign up early, they're going to give you guys

A $100 bonus for signing up. It's $100. Now, Matty B, we're gonna go to the home opener. The black hole man will be throwing a party at that Saturday night at the Palms. They will be having two short and Warren G. Then Friday night, we're gonna do the pandemonium. Everybody's gonna black out Fremont, and Saturday.

Raider Crusader and his crew will be having a block party. They got Lazy Bone, Sloan Bone, Mellow Man Ace and Send Dog, and they got one of the guys from West Side Connection. So make sure that you guys check those out. If you guys are going to NYC, baby, make sure that you hit up my boy.

Hey, Maddie B or myself, because we're going to be out there. But hey, all right, they're going to be throwing a party out there. It's going to be at Red Saturday night. It's by Raw. It's by TBH NYC and TBH New England. They're going to be having raffles. And at that location, our brother the Foos will be there, man, doing a book signing. It's going to be $30 for the book, $10 for the signing.

And he will only be signing the book for the first two hours. After that, he might be signing other stuff. So make sure that you guys stop at Reds. Then we got the last thing is TMBC is doing a Las Vegas childhood walk with St. Jude's man. Make sure that if you guys get the opportunity, I think this is October 26th, you guys join this up and become a part of it, man. Holy cow, man. I feel like

Matty B (01:09:24.964)
Thompson, every week.

Raider Wil (01:09:25.645)
Hey, salute these smokes. Hey, TNBC breakfast is gonna be lit, Raider Travis. These spokes, what's going on, baby? Hey, the backpack drives are awesome, Frank Weber. That's what it's about. Man, that's all it's about. It's about the kids, it's about the future. All right, hey, we got just Raiders, baby. It says Besh is a Jacoby replacement according to spy.

He has a better catch percentage, but he didn't have enough targets. And you know what? Again, he could be that Jacoby replacement. And if it's a third down guy, I'm good with it, man. It's gonna be awesome. I can't wait to see Jack Bash out there. I'd be like, hey, I'm gonna tell you like this. If Jack Bash becomes anything to a sentence Jacoby or a Renfro, bro, I'm gonna be happy, Matt.

Matty B (01:09:57.172)
Yeah.

Matty B (01:10:16.396)
yeah, hundred percent man. You can get one of those guys on your team, man, you gotta keep them dudes. Those are those are game maker game changers right there, bro.

Raider Wil (01:10:26.205)
Absolutely, man. Well, guys, man, I want to make sure to thank all of you guys for listening, man. Me and my boy Maddie B have been on for our hour. We usually only run an hour. We try to get this in and out for you guys because we know that you guys have stuff going on. But we appreciate every single one of you guys right now. We got seven online. We appreciate y'all logging in, man. We appreciate the love and support. Maddie B, what you got?

Matty B (01:10:52.231)
Yeah. Appreciate you guys, man. Thank you for all the love, support. I know I'm not, you know, Raider Wheel by any means, but my my light is not as good as Raider Wheels and all that. Nobody can see my face. So, you know, it is what it is. But hey I love all you guys, man. Raider Nation for life, baby. man, I hope you guys all have a great weekend. stay safe out there. Remember

Raider Wil (01:11:02.687)
Ha ha be

Matty B (01:11:16.957)
Don't be drinking and driving. If you guys go out and do things, you know, always call somebody. There's always different things out there to do. So stay safe. Love you guys. Thank you.

Raider Wil (01:11:27.211)
Yes, sir. Yo says I think Renfra is one of a kind. I hope he pans out. Absolutely, Jay Rader. I hope he pans out as well. I'll be like, hey, and he was one of a kind. He ran his routes one way, man. The only way that he knew how to do it. Hey, Tedter Rader says, Love you, brothers. We love you too, man.

Matty B (01:11:42.547)
Mm-hmm. Hunter Yep.

Matty B (01:11:50.049)
Yeah, sorry, brother.

Raider Wil (01:11:50.967)
Right.

Frank Weber says, thanks, guys. I always enjoy watching your shows. Thank you, Frank Weber. We appreciate you logging in, man. It's guys like you that keep us going, man. So please make sure to like, share, and subscribe, man. At a Jess Raiders, baby, says, Will is one of a kind. Ha ha ha. Hey. Yes, I am, you fuckers. Y'all better recognize. Ha ha ha ha. But hey, until next time, man, we'll be on next week. Make sure that you guys log in. Hey.

Matty B (01:11:59.671)
Thanks, brother.

Matty B (01:12:09.697)
Yes he is, yes he is.

Raider Wil (01:12:20.723)
On Monday, man, I will be on Raiders Unfiltered 3.0. On Tuesday, I will be on the Most Notorious Podcast. And on Thursday, we will be back with Maddie B on the Silver and Black Radio Podcast, live, large and in charge, baby. And we gonna be doing it all year long.

Matty B (01:12:40.402)
Let's do it, baby. Let's do it. I'm ready. Let's go. Back in action, baby.

Raider Wil (01:12:45.397)
Yes, sir. Let's go, baby. Until next time, it's all about one team. It's all about one nation. It's all about the RA!

Matty B (01:12:52.341)
Right.

Raider Wil (01:12:59.125)
See here.