{"id":363491,"date":"2025-11-08T01:52:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T01:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/363491\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T01:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T01:52:13","slug":"raiders-fire-special-teams-coordinator-tom-mcmahon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/363491\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders fire special teams coordinator Tom McMahon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Raiders are shaking things up <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/07\/sports\/kenny-pickett-gets-in-middle-of-geno-smiths-heated-raiders-sideline-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after an ugly showing on<\/a> \u201cThursday Night Football\u201d this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas fired special teams coordinator Tom McMahon, the team announced Friday, less than 24 hours following the mistake-filled showing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier today, we made the tough decision to relieve Tom McMahon of his duties as special teams coordinator,\u201d Raiders head coach Pete Carroll said in a statement released by the team. \u201cI have a great amount of respect for Tom and the work that he has done in this league, but we have decided to move in a different direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49489051;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37608519\" width=\"882\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP_Raiders-McMahon_Fired_Football_37220-1c63f-0.jpg\" alt=\"Tom McMahon in a black Raiders shirt, holding a white binder that reads &quot;2024 Special Teams Sideline Notebook Tom McMahon.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-37608519\"  \/>Las Vegas Raiders special teams coach Tom McMahon reacts during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Denver. AP<\/p>\n<p>Special teams assistant Derius Swinton II will take over for McMahon, who has been with Las Vegas since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Raiders\u2019 special teams have looked shaky all season, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/06\/sports\/broncos-defense-keeps-raiders-in-check-to-win-seventh-straight-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">culminating in Thursday\u2019s 10-7 loss<\/a> to the Broncos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Late in the third quarter, Raiders punter AJ Cole had his kick blocked near the Las Vegas goal line, setting the Broncos up for a go-ahead field goal.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tmake every NFL game pay off\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36699206\" width=\"158\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UnderdogLogo_Final_stacked-black.png\" alt=\"underdog fantasy logo\" class=\"wp-image-36699206\" style=\"width:158px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:1;display:block\"  \/> Underdog Fantasy<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/play.underdogfantasy.com\/p-new-york-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Underdog<\/a><\/strong> is where football fans become winners.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easy player picks<\/li>\n<li>No season-long commitments<\/li>\n<li>Real prizes every single night<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use promo code <strong>NYPOST5<\/strong> to get $50 in site credits when you play $5!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMust be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for some games, 21+ in AZ and MAZ) and present in a state where Underdog operates. 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The Underdog promo code might vary by location.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>With less than five minutes to go in the game, Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson missed a 48-yard field goal, albeit in windy conditions, which would have tied the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49489051;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37608526\" width=\"882\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP_Raiders_Broncos_Football_48862-8faee-0.jpg\" alt=\"Coach Josh McDaniels speaking at a press conference.\" class=\"wp-image-37608526\"  \/>Las Vegas Raiders head coach Pete Carroll speaks after an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in Denver. AP<\/p>\n<p>Last week, their special teams unit cost them a shot at beating the Jaguars when Carlson missed an extra point.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Raiders would end up losing that game 30-29 in overtime after a failed two-point conversion attempt at the end of the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Week 4, Carlson had a potential game-winning 54-yard field goal against the Bears.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a miserable first season under Carroll overall, with the Raiders dropping to 2-7 and having been outscored 220-139.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Raiders are shaking things up after an ugly showing on \u201cThursday Night Football\u201d this week.\u00a0 Las Vegas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":363492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[8999,535,1232,73732,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-363491","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-denver-broncos","9":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-pete-carroll","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115511581711368697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}