Raiders relieve Chip Kelly of duties after failed experiment in Vegas

Pete Carroll was hired to fix the culture and turn around the Las Vegas Raiders' trajectory. 11 games into the season, his tenure has achieved the exact opposite. And the latest news from the organization on Sunday night is just more evidence that the Pete Carroll experiment is a failure.

The Raiders parted ways with offensive coordinator Chip Kelly on Sunday night after being knocked off 24-10 by the Cleveland Browns earlier in the day, a loss that moved Las Vegas to a pitiful 2-9 overall this season. It's a move that might come as little surprise, because despite a first-round pick spent on Ashton Jeanty, a trade for star quarterback Geno Smith, and the return of tight end prodigy Brock Bowers from injury, the Raiders have not had any gas on offense this season.

But the firing of Kelly is just a further sign of a larger problem plaguing the Raiders that does not seem to be turning around under Carroll's leadership. It's the second coordinator fired this season for Las Vegas after the franchise let Tom McMahon go from his role as special teams coordinator just weeks ago. And you're rarely headed in the right direction as an organization when you're handing multiple coordinators pink slips over the course of the season. Maybe it's time to stop worrying about the coordinators and accept a hard-to-swallow fact before it drags on any longer – the Pete Carroll experiment is failing in Las Vegas.

You can see it in the regression of a quarterback who has been a two-time Pro Bowler over the past three seasons in Smith, and you can see it in the overall record of the team. It's clear as day when the Raiders struggle against another team at the bottom of the league like the Browns, unable to stay competitive in one of the few games they can arguably say they should win.

It's certainly clear in the wake of the second of three coordinators getting sent packing with six weeks remaining in the regular season. And it should have been clear after he parted ways with the Seahawks after the 2023 season. But they say better late than never, and now is an excellent time for Raiders' fans to wake up and smell the roses about their first-year head coach.

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