The Las Vegas Raiders hit a new low on Sunday, becoming the first team to be shut out twice in a single season since the 2000 Cleveland Browns after a 31–0 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. And no, this wasn’t some strange one-off. Be it offense or defense, problems were everywhere. Head coach Pete Carroll’s offensive line couldn’t keep Kenny Pickett upright, and the defensive front had no answers for Jalen Hurts.

That context explains why Raiders legend Kirk Morrison didn’t hold back. He went straight at the coaching and made it clear that real change, especially in the trenches, has to come this offseason.

“I think right now, if you’re the Raiders, that’s the way this team in the offseason is: how do I bolster my offensive line? How do I bolster my defensive front? Offensive and defensive lines, that’s something that the Raiders are going to have to work on in the offseason.”

Well, if you watched the game, you know Morrison wasn’t exaggerating. The numbers tell the same story. With Geno Smith sidelined by a shoulder injury, Pickett was pressed into action, but his homecoming to Philadelphia unraveled quickly. The backup quarterback finished 15-of-24 for just 64 yards, with no touchdowns and one interception, never really getting into any sort of rhythm. A big reason? The protection in front of him simply wasn’t there.

Statistical efficiency data paint it clearly. The Raiders’ offensive line posted a sack rate of roughly 10.85 percent, noticeably higher than the Eagles. It underlines just how shaky pass protection was throughout the game. Pickett was sacked four times, drives stalled almost immediately, and the offense never found its footing. When you zoom out, Philly holding Las Vegas to just 75 total yards says everything about how ineffective the Raiders were on that side of the ball.

Then there’s the other half of Morrison’s criticism: the defensive front. The Raiders struggled to generate pressure on Hurts, and it showed. The Eagles quarterback carved them up, going 12-of-15 for 175 yards and three touchdowns without throwing an interception. In the process, Vegas managed just one sack all afternoon. The gap was even clearer on the stat sheet, as Philadelphia outgained the Raiders 387–75, with the defensive line unable to slow down either the run or the pass.

Now sitting at 2–12 and officially eliminated from playoff contention, the Raiders have little left to play for in the standings. With only three games remaining, the focus naturally shifts to what comes next. And if Morrison’s rant is any indication, the offseason priority is obvious. Fix the offensive line. Rebuild the defensive front and start there if this team wants to look anything like competitive again.

But the shutout loss clearly pushed head coach Pete Carroll to the edge. Visibly frustrated afterward, Carroll didn’t hide his anger when he spoke to the media.

Pete Carroll fires back at the quit narrative

A few months ago, even before the Raiders kicked off their training camp, Pete Carroll was confident, enthusiastic, and believed in his players. The head coach had just one intention in his first year in Vegas: to win a bunch of games.

“We are going to win a bunch of games,” he said back then. ” can’t even imagine anything else. I’ve been winning 10 games a year for 20 years or something. I mean, what are my expectations? We are going to win a bunch, and I don’t care who hears that.”

Just two. That’s the total number of games the Raiders have won in Carroll’s first season as HC, a year that’s gone completely off the rails. So when the Eagles shut them out on Sunday, Carroll stepped back up to the podium and faced a pointed reminder from a reporter that this team was supposed to be competitive. The Raiders head coach didn’t let it slide. Instead, he fired back at the question and, even after a brutal loss, stood firm in praising his players.

“Oh these guys fought their a** off,” Carroll said. “Hold on, hold on. Let me address this cause you brought this up. They fourth their as**es off. Yes, that was the result. They didn’t stop fighting. That was a result of our play right there. And I have a lot of respect for that roster that we played against.”

Carroll and the Raiders likely went in expecting to catch an Eagles team coming off three straight losses. Instead, it flipped the other way. Philadelphia took control early and never let go. Carroll may genuinely believe his players fought, but the scoreboard tells a harsher story. The Raiders didn’t truly compete, couldn’t generate offense, and failed to put a single point on the board.

They allowed three sacks and numerous other pressures in the first half only. And on the defense…well, it looked uninterested throughout the game. Now sitting at 2–12 and firmly at the bottom of the AFC West, Vegas has little choice but to turn its attention to a full-scale offseason rebuild.