Seattle quarterback’s contract, relationship with his former Seahawks coach and Smith’s curious postings makes one wonder.

Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis ceded much control of those searches to Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback and current Fox NFL analyst, who was brought into the organization in October as a minority owner.

Pete Carroll received a funny visit during his introductory press conference as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, but it was someone he knows very well—former Seahawks running back.

Carroll interviewed Miami Dolphins quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator Darrell Bevell for his OC vacancy. Tom Pelissero was first on the report. Bevell served as Carroll’s OC and offensive play-caller for seven seasons (2011-2017) in Seattle, winning a Super Bowl together in 2013.

A trade up to one of the top-three picks is a potential option for the Raiders, who are projected to take that path in CBS Sports' new mock draft from Chris Trapasso . Trapasso projects Carroll's Raiders to trade with the Browns for the No. 2 pick and select Colorado star quarterback Shedeur Sanders .

The Las Vegas Raiders organization seems pumped to have Pete Carroll as the team's new head coach, especially star defensive end Maxx Crosby. When speaking out how excited he is to have Carroll lead the Raiders,

Faced with hiring a general manager and head coach, most NFL owners would’ve been heavily involved in every facet of the process.

The Raiders now know who will join Pete Carroll as his defensive coordinator. And it's a familiar face coming to Las Vegas.

With the Raiders hiring former Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and with former Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson becoming a free agent and with the Raiders clearly needing an upgrade at quarterback, there are obvious dots to connect between Carroll and Wilson.

Carroll's energy is known and obvious, but he cranked it up a notch while taking on the challenge of coaching the Las Vegas Raiders.