What Coach McDaniels is Looking For in Joint Practices

The Las Vegas Raiders are officially less than a week away from their first preseason game of 2023.

Before their meeting with the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, however, the two clubs will be participating in joint practices later this week.

Raiders Coach Josh McDaniels discussed what he will be looking for in these combined practices when he addressed the media Sunday.

"Like I said, it's not going to be a big scheme-a-thon," McDaniels said. "It's just an opportunity to, No. 1, compete. I think that's an important part of this because I think that makes everybody better and you see some competitive fire out of everybody. Two, I think it's an opportunity for you to really test your fundamentals, your discipline, the details and techniques that you've been working on for months against yourself, against bags and shells and all those things, and now you have an opportunity to go out there and kind of see where you're at.

"And your rules have to kind of lead the way because you never know what you're going to see, necessarily. Again, I don't think it'll be a big scheme-a-thon. I think this is going to be just two teams trying to improve, get better, play good football and see where they stand. And a lot of people will get opportunities. I think it's a great change up for us, as coaches, as organizations, to be able to just line up against somebody different because there is a little bit of same as, every day you see the same thing going on in the red zone, it's the same stuff from same coverages, same plays, etc. And so, to be able to do some things against somebody who hasn't seen it all, I think it's a break for the guys.”

This week will serve as only the second time the Raiders have hosted joint practices in Las Vegas. They hosted the New England Patriots last season.

The Silver and Black open the preseason by hosting the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Aug. 13, at 4 p.m. EDT/1 p.m. PDT.

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