Podcast: Insider Look at Raiders from West Virginia

WHITE SULPHUR SPRING, W.Va.--The Las Vegas Raiders have come to West Virginia ahead of their game on Sunday with the Buffalo Bills.

We cover many topics, from defensive end Chandler Jones, losing several practice squad players, the keys to beating the Buffalo Bills, and so much more.

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We have reported for months that the 2023 Las Vegas Raiders, unlike last year, are seeing the standard of expectation set by the leaders.

Coach Josh McDaniels has noticed this, and I asked him about it.

"Yeah, I mean again, I don't know where there is," McDaniels said. "I hope down the road here we'll eventually figure that out, but I think every good team looks inward to themselves and figures out what they need to do better. They listen well to the coaching or corrections, and then try to go to the practice field with the right attitude to improve. And I think I saw that in the preseason. I saw that in our first game.

"Again, it's an imperfect game, we're never going to do that, but I think the attitude that you approach corrections with and trying to get better, it really goes a long way for your team. It's a it's a long stretch here. We've got 17 regular season games. We don't have a bye week for another three months. There's a lot to learn. There's a lot to improve on. There's a lot we have to do better as we go, so having the right approach and the right attitude, the right maturity about themselves, I think that'll go a long way toward making progress weekly."

The Raiders head coach also lauded his new signal caller, Jimmy Garoppolo, and his leadership style.

"I've been around him when he was younger, and now he's obviously he's got some experience and wisdom about him" McDaniels said. "He's a very personable guy. He cares about the human being he's speaking to. It's not just a football player or a teammate. There's an element of wanting to get to know the person. He's always been like that, he's genuine. And I think that word sometimes gets used a little flippantly, but this guy is as genuine as they come, and asks great questions when he doesn't know the answer, offers up an opinion when there's one to offer up.

"He cares about practicing the right way, wants his teammates to do well, doesn't care about his own individual statistics, takes accountability when he does something wrong. And so, that's the nature of playing the position of quarterback -- you get all the credit when you win, you get all the blame when you lose, and Jimmy's already lived through that. So he understands how to how to deal with it. I think he's a stand-up guy. I think he's already earned the respect of our team, and he'll continue to try to do that."

The Silver and Black remain on the road this week when they travel to play the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, Sept. 17, at 1:05 p.m. EDT/10:05 a.m. PDT.

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