Las Vegas Raiders — 2026 season outlook, updated Aug 31, 2026.
Las Vegas Raiders finished the 2025 season 3-14 · Missed the playoffs.
Las Vegas Raiders: 3-14 regular season.
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2025 · Missed the playoffs
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- 18th-hardest schedule — opponents average 8.44 projected wins.
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Raiders Camp — Aug 31: Three Quarterbacks Stay, No Week 1 Starter Named
The Raiders kept all three quarterbacks on the initial 53 — the exact cutdown decision our last episode flagged — and Klint Kubiak declined to name a Week 1 starter seven days after calling the job Kirk Cousins' to lose. The rest of cut day brought a deadline-day trade of Jordan Meredith to the Jets, season-ending injured reserve for rookie edge Keyron Crawford, and Ashton Jeanty — a name our last episode missed — making the roster while working back from an ankle sprain.
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- Camp · Aug 23, 2026
Raiders Camp — Aug 23: Mendoza's First Start Opens With a Pick-Six
Fernando Mendoza's first NFL start opened with an 80-yard pick-six and ended at halftime down 20-3, before Aidan O'Connell led 20 unanswered points and won it 22-20 with a sneak and 14 seconds left. By Friday, Klint Kubiak was calling Week 1 Kirk Cousins' job to lose — and the three-quarterback question became a real cutdown decision.
- Camp · Aug 16, 2026
Las Vegas Raiders Camp Update — August 16: Kubiak Opens First-Team Reps to All Three
Fernando Mendoza's first NFL film exists: four series, 10-of-16 for 97 yards and a touchdown, composed by every account. Kirk Cousins was nearly perfect for one drive and then watched — and by Friday Klint Kubiak was saying all three quarterbacks deserve first-team reps. The timeline the season exists to answer keeps moving up.
- Camp · Aug 9, 2026
The timeline question the whole season exists to answer just advanced: the rookie saw increased work and his first snaps with the ones this week, while Klint Kubiak went out of his way to say he's "not married" to Kirk Cousins. The bridge is load-bearing, and the traffic is starting to cross.
- 2026 Preview
Las Vegas Raiders 2026 Season Preview — No Luck to Blame, Nothing Left to Excuse
The 3-14 was exactly as bad as it looked — no luck excuse — so the rebuild imported the Super Bowl champs' offense, the No. 1 pick, and the richest center contract ever.
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3-14 regular season
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10 picks in the 2026 NFL Draft
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