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Welp, the Raiders are a combined 43-57 since Crosby’s rookie season of 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“We haven’t won much since I’ve been here,” he said. “I made the playoffs one time, and that’s not what I expect. Like, I expect perfection and excellence every day. But overall, I can’t do it by myself. \u2026 It’s got to be all of us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“So we’ve got to be delusional enough to believe in what we can truly do. That’s the only way you can go out there and win.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
It’s a mindset wrapped in a vibe inside a decidedly Silver and Black aura.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
And it’s transcending the early days of camp, while giving a knowing nod to the organization’s DNA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“As a great man once said, ‘Just win baby,'” said new quarterback Geno Smith, who experienced a career rebirth under Carroll in Seattle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“So that’s what we’re here to do \u2013 we’re here to win. And again, it’s about what we do every single day, [developing] winning habits, creating a winning mentality. That’s something we’re doing already.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
If slow and steady wins the race, how soon can the Raiders, under the excitable Carroll, become legit contenders?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Especially in a brutal AFC West, where the Chiefs have gone to five of the last six Super Bowls and the Chargers and Broncos both went to the playoffs last season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
You’ve got to crawl before you can walk, walk before you can run, run before you can fly. But you can always dream. And work toward a goal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Carroll authored a pair of 7-9 seasons in his first two years with the Seahawks, in 2010 and 2011, but did win a playoff game that first year (yes, Seattle won a depleted NFC West with a losing record and then upset the defending Super Bowl champion Saints in that epic “Beast Quake” game), before winning the Super Bowl in Year 4 and coming within a yard of repeating.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
He went 6-6 in Year 1 at USC before returning the Trojans to national prominence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“I want to see how far we can take our club, and we’re going to do it one step at a time,” Carroll said. “We’re just going to see how good we can be \u2026 and there’s a lot of information we have to gather, still. We haven’t been in pads at all, so the game hasn’t even begun yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n