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The Las Vegas Raiders acted swiftly in response to their latest offensive letdown.
The team fired offensive coordinator Chip Kelly on Sunday, Nov. 23, according to multiple reports, just hours after a 24-10 loss to the Cleveland Browns in which the offense surrendered 10 sacks.
Kelly, the former head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers, became the NFL’s highest-paid offensive coordinator at $6 million per year, according to multiple reports, when he was hired by head coach Pete Carroll in February.
But the Raiders offense has floundered with him at the helm, with the unit averaging just 3.6 yards per play on Sunday in a defeat that dropped the team to 2-9 on the season.
“(I)f you don’t score, you can’t win,” Carroll aid in a postgame news conference. “And we couldn’t score.”
Added Carroll: “We had opportunities to make big plays and we didn’t hit them. The QB (Geno Smith) was under duress the entire time. Our ability to match up with their pass rush didn’t work out well.”
Kelly is the second Raiders coordinator to be fired this month, as the team parted ways with special teams coordinator Tom McMahon following a loss to the Denver Broncos.
