‘Fire Pete Carroll’ — Calls Mount for Raiders to Make Coaching Change Just 7 Games Into New Era

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Just seven games into his first season as Las Vegas Raiders head coach, Pete Carroll is hearing the boo birds and catcalls from Raiders fans. For them, things reached a breaking point after watching the Raiders lose 31-0 to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.

It was so bad that Carroll pulled starting quarterback Geno Smith and replaced him with Kenny Pickett late. The Raiders fell to 2-5 on the season, 1-3 away from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

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Will Raiders HC Pete Carroll Last This Season?

Carroll has had some success in his NFL career, leading the Seattle Seahawks to a Super Bowl victory in Super Bowl 48.

Raiders management hoped that bringing someone like Carroll to run the team on the field would change things. So far in the 2025 NFL season, it’s been pretty much a carbon copy of what Raiders fans saw under former head coach Antonio Pierce.

One fan started the Carroll rage by writing and posting on X, “Raiders need to fire Pete Carroll so bad. That dude is incredibly washed.” This fan was more pointed in criticism and wrote, “Fire Pete Carroll and his fat a** son, graham you can go with em”.

As for this Raiders fan, the criticism isn’t only on Carroll and Smith but also on the Raiders’ offensive coordinator, Chip Kelly. The fan posted on X, “Geno Smith is trash, Chip Kelly is trash, Pete Carroll lost his edge years ago and has no business coaching in the NFL. This seasons Raiders team is beyond a rebuild…it’s more of a dumpster fire.”

This fan decided to include a little animation with his brief comment. The person wrote, “Fire Pete Carroll”.

As for this fan, the commentary on Carroll and the Raiders was quite pointed. The person included an image from the Raiders-Chiefs game from the third quarter with Kansas City up 21-0. The fan wrote, “Fire Pete Carroll right now. Fire him. Tell him to that competition bulls**t back to 2013”.

Entering Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs, according to the PFSN NFL QB Impact metrics, Smith had a 73.7 QB Impact Score and graded out with a C. What about the Raiders’ offense? According to the PFSN NFL Offense Impact metrics, the Raiders had a 65.8 Offense Impact Score before the Kansas City contest and graded out with a D.

Could the Raiders make a change at head coach? It’s possible, but the Raiders might want to give Carroll one complete season to see if he makes a difference. So far, though, the results look somewhat familiar to Las Vegas fans.

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