Josh McDaniels on the Raiders' State-of-the-Art Facility

The Las Vegas Raiders have received praise from all around the league for Allegiant Stadium and the rest of their facilities.

One of those who has prospered the most from the state-of-the-art environment is Raiders Coach Josh McDaniels, who has had the opportunity to work within all it has to offer for over a year.

"I don't think Mr. D [Mark Davis] cut a corner on our facility," McDaniels said at the NFL's Annual League Meeting on Monday. "It's been an incredible place to work here for the last year-plus, and every player that's stepped into it basically says the same thing. They remark how it has everything that they need. And all the things that are there are really useful, you know what I mean? It's not just a bunch of fluff. But everything we have is really for the players to improve and to come to work and have all the things that they need to make themselves the best that they can be. And I love our facility. It's a great place to work, and I think our players really enjoy it."

McDaniels believes that in this day and age, factors like a club's facility can sway players' decisions in free agency.

"I wasn't in the older facility," McDaniels said. "I played in the stadium and that wasn't, you know. It was historic. It wasn't the prettiest place to be, but I enjoyed my couple times there. I played in it a few times. So that was that, but you know, free agency is interesting because it's not quite like college. The way that free agency has kind of been changed a little bit with the legal tampering period and all of that, sometimes things are getting kind of finished before you can actually bring the players on a visit.

" ... Maybe if it was close in terms of like the contract structure or what have you, maybe a player would choose our place because of the facility, or the weather, or no state income tax or whatever. And all of those things, believe me, we're trying to pitch whatever we can pitch, you know what I mean? When you're competing."

The 2023 NFL Draft will go from April 27-29 and be held at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo. The 2023 NFL Year and Free Agency period began at 4 p.m. EDT on March 15.

The Raiders are expected to be significant players in the free-agent market this offseason.

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