The Las Vegas Raiders head into the 2023-24 NFL season with more questions surrounding team than there are answers available for them.
Last year, following the acquisition of Davante Adams from the Green Bay Packers and hiring of Josh McDaniels as head coach, expectations were sky-high.
Everyone still agreed that the Kansas City Chiefs were the crème de la crème of the division, but the gap between them, the Los Angeles Chargers, Denver Broncos and Raiders wasn’t supposed to be too massive.
It was.
Whereas the Chiefs won the Super Bowl, the Raiders and Broncos fought it out for the honor of being one of the NFL’s worst teams.
As bad as Las Vegas looked in 2022-23 (there’s a reason Mark Davis’ blonde girlfriend was such a big story), though – one unit consistently showed up to play. The team’s cheerleaders never disappointed. Because of that, some of them gained massive social media followings along the way.
This week, one particular Raiders cheerleader saw her latest wild photos go viral.
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Obviously she isn’t the only NFL dancer to blow up like this in recent months. A Baltimore Ravens cheerleader’s provocative pictures set the internet ablaze this week, as did a Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader’s.
Dancing aside, it will be fascinating to see how the Raiders fare in 2023-24. Obviously signing an injured Jimmy Garoppolo to three years and $73 million is a bold choice. He has definitely enjoyed more success than Derek Carr, but is he a meaningfully better quarterback? It’s debatable.
There’s a reason Adams wasn’t particularly enthused by the move.
The losses of Darren Waller and Foster Moreau won’t make things any easier on the offense. It will be interesting to see how the addition of Jakobi Meyers offsets those subtractions.
It will also be interesting to see how this group looks on defense. They underperformed significantly last year on that side of the ball – hence defensive line coach Frank Okam getting the boot. Will that change in leadership be enough? Time will tell.
The photos speak for themselves. https://t.co/rP7skGI0H2
— Game 7 (@game7__) June 26, 2023
Just looking at the schedule, it feels like next season will be a tough one for the Raiders.
Bringing Garoppolo onboard is unlikely to change that.
Fortunately, no matter how bad things get on the field in 2023-24, the Raiders cheerleaders will be there rooting them on every step of the way.
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Charles Kruger has been credentialed to cover two Super Bowls, four NBA Finals, and one World Series. A 20-year veteran in the sports world, he has sources spanning the NBA, MLB, NFL, UFC and NASCAR. Currently residing in Los Angeles, Calif., he is Game 7’s go-to source for rumors surrounding the Lakers, Clippers and Dodgers.
