If you believed Las Vegas Raiders head coach Pete Carroll and now-former offensive coordinator Chip Kelly weren't on the same page, you'd be right.
Kelly was fired just 11 games into his tenure as the play-caller. Usually, that would be surprising, but with how bad Las Vegas' offense has been this season, it's the least surprising thing ever.
According to Vincent Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Carroll and Kelly were at odds over at least two things: the run game and the pass-blocking scheme.
"The implication is Carroll and Kelly were at odds on multiple fronts, including run game frequency and pass-blocking plan/scheme," Bonsignore reported.
We can definitely see why Carroll wasn't happy with those two areas.
Raiders quarterback Geno Smith has been sacked 41 times in 2025, the second-most in the NFL. Not all of that is on the offensive line, as Smith tends to hold on to the ball for too long, but the group upfront is no doubt the primary issue.
Whether or not a better scheme can make up for the overall lack of talent the Raiders have upfront remains to be seen, though.
We know from Carroll's days with the Seattle Seahawks that he wants to run the ball, yet Las Vegas has the fourth-fewest rushing attempts in the league.
Carroll has spoken out publicly about the Raiders' need to run the ball more and better on multiple occasions.
Another stain on Kelly's tenure was the disappearing act Ashton Jeanty did far too often. If the Raiders didn't abandon the run entirely, they would pull Jeanty out, especially during two-minute drills.
You don't draft a running back as high as Jeanty to take him out in situations like those. Even if Jeanty struggles in those scenarios, he's not going to develop by standing on the sideline.
Now, we'll see if Carroll and interim offensive coordinator Greg Olson will have learned their lesson, although we don't have much faith in Carroll at this point because of all the head-scratching decisions he has made this season.
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