Raiders fire OC Mick Lombardi: Here’s who will call plays for the Las Vegas offense going forward, per report

The Las Vegas Raiders are trying to vary the trajectory of their franchise, as they fired head coach Josh McDaniels and basic supervisor Dave Ziegler Tuesday night. These weren’t the one strikes Vegas made, because the Raiders have additionally fired offensive coordinator Mick Lombardi, per Sports Illustrated. Quarterbacks coach Bo Hardegree will substitute Lombardi as offensive coordinator, per NFL Media. 

Lombardi’s offense ranks thirty first in yards of complete offense per sport by way of eight weeks (268.3), and thirtieth in factors scored per sport (15.8). Within the 26-14 loss to the Detroit Lions Monday evening, the Raiders recorded simply 157 yards of complete offense in comparison with Detroit’s 486. Free-agent addition quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is averaging career-lows in yards per try (7.2), passer score (78.1) and TD-INT ratio (0.78), and leads the league in interceptions with 9 regardless of taking part in in simply six video games.

Lombardi was in 12 months 2 because the Raiders’ offensive coordinator. Beforehand, he served as an assistant for the San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets, an assistant quarterbacks coach for the New England Patriots and the huge receivers coach in New England as effectively. 

Passing sport coordinator Scott Turner was considered a candidate to interchange Lombardi, however finally, it is Hardegree. The previous quarterbacks coach beforehand served as an offensive assistant for the Chicago Bears, Miami Dolphins, Jets and Patriots.