Only two teams remain in the NFL playoffs as Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs get set to battle Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX. And Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby thinks he knows who will win.
Pete Carroll is headed back to an NFL sideline with the Raiders, and he'll become the oldest coach in league history once he debuts in Las Vegas.
With the Raiders making moves in the offseason, Tom Brady is believed to have a big influence behind the scenes.
Romeo Crennel currently holds the record as the NFL's oldest-ever head coach. Pete Carroll is poised to overtake him in 2025.
Which means the Super Bowl champion Carroll is now the oldest head coach in the league by far. The San Francisco native will turn 74 in September when the 2025 NFL season begins. The next-oldest coach, Andy Reid, will turn 67 in March — assuming he returns to the Chiefs for another year.
New Raiders coach Pete Carroll might find himself with a bonus when he comes into his first training camp with the team in 2025. Not only should he have a fully rehabbed star defensive end back in the fold--Maxx Crosby, who is recovering from ankle surgery--but he might even get a double dose of Crosby.
Over the weekend, former #Raiders HC Jon Gruden shared a story about an infamous gaffe he made at Arrowhead Stadium in 2020.
Carroll will be 74 this fall, becoming the oldest head coach in NFL history 12 months after Seattle fired then paid him.
The Las Vegas Raiders suffered a huge disappointment on Monday. Their favorite head coach prospect, Ben Johnson, was officially appointed as the head coach of the Chicago Bears, leaving the Raiders in the dust and looking for other options.
Carroll is easily the NFL's oldest active head coach, leading Reid by nearly seven years. His hiring means four of the NFL's six oldest coaches are all in the AFC West, as Reid (66), Harbaugh (61) and Payton (61) are all among the league's most experienced leaders.
In his return to the NFL at age 73, Pete Carroll will set a new league record as the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders in 2025. Carroll has already regained his status as the oldest active head coach in the NFL, but once the season begins, he will have a record within reach.
Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has his hands heavily involved in the Las Vegas Raiders rebuild and he along with new head coach Pete Carroll see eye-to-eye on the franchise's quarterback needs.