💥 BREAKING NEWS: The Raiders’ 2025 Collapse Somehow Ended in a Piece of NFL History ⚡.DH

At first glance, the Las Vegas Raiders’ 2025 season looks like something most franchises would want to erase from memory.

High expectations turned into early disappointment. Momentum never arrived. A promising opening week quickly gave way to chaos.

By December, the season felt functionally over, and by January, the organization was staring at another full reset.

And yet—buried beneath the losses—something unusual happened.

Something historic.

The Raiders opened the season with a road win over the New England Patriots in Week 1, a result that looked meaningful at the time and meaningless soon after.

Las Vegas would go on to win just one of its next 15 games, spiraling into a 10-game losing streak for the second straight year. Pete Carroll was fired. The roster unraveled. Confidence evaporated.

But as the NFL calendar flipped, that Week 1 win took on a different weight.

With New England now headed to the Super Bowl, the Raiders became just the fourth team in NFL history to both defeat a Super Bowl participant in the same season and secure the No. 1 overall pick in the draft.

It’s an odd achievement—one that feels accidental rather than celebratory. But it reframes the entire year.

What initially appeared to be a pointless win now stands as a strange outlier in an otherwise disastrous season.

One moment of relevance in a year defined by irrelevance. And ironically, it may end up being remembered longer than many Raiders playoff runs.

The rest of the season followed a familiar script. After September collapsed, Las Vegas never recovered. Injuries mounted. Quarterback instability persisted.

A veteran roster struggled to keep pace with younger, faster teams. The Raiders didn’t just lose—they faded.

By season’s end, the franchise was once again positioned at the top of the draft board, forced to confront hard truths about its timeline.

That’s where general manager John Spytek’s comments matter.

Speaking after the season, Spytek made it clear that the Raiders are no longer chasing quick fixes. The front office isn’t measuring success by next year’s win total.

Instead, they’re prioritizing patience—something this franchise has rarely been accused of having.

“We’re looking for someone to build this the right way,” Spytek said, emphasizing that the organization doesn’t believe it’s as close—or as far away—as perception suggests.

It’s a philosophy rooted in humility, and perhaps exhaustion.

With Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak emerging as a leading head coaching candidate, the Raiders appear ready to lean into a methodical rebuild rather than another cosmetic reset.

The timing is notable. Kubiak remains unavailable until after the Super Bowl—ironically the same event that gives new meaning to Las Vegas’ lone early-season win.

The next step is obvious: quarterback.

Holding the No. 1 pick gives the Raiders control over the draft’s narrative. It also places enormous pressure on the decision. One miss sets the franchise back years.

One hit reshapes everything. That’s the paradox of historic failure—it creates historic opportunity.

The 2025 Raiders didn’t compete. They didn’t inspire. They didn’t contend.

But they did something rare.

They produced a season so bad, so lopsided, and yet so oddly timed that it carved out a unique place in league history. One win. One draft pick. One door fully closed so another could finally open.

Whether that door leads to stability or another cycle remains unknown.

But for better or worse, the Raiders’ worst season may end up being one they talk about for a very long time.