The Las Vegas Raiders became the first NFL team to make a head-coaching change in 2023 when they fired Josh McDaniels just 25 games into his tenure. The move came late on Halloween night, when the franchise released a statement announcing that both McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler had been dismissed.

When the Raiders brought McDaniels aboard in January 2022, they handed him a six-year contract reportedly worth about $10 million per year. The agreement put him slightly ahead of Mike Vrabel’s $9.5 million annual salary.

But with McDaniels’ early exit, Las Vegas remained on the hook for roughly $60 million, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The team paid the remaining four-plus years of his contract.

Since returning to New England to work under Mike Vrabel , McDa

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