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Las Vegas Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels watches game action against the Indianapolis Colts during the second half at Allegiant Stadium. Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports

Raiders roasted after losing to Colts in Jeff Saturday's coaching debut

By Eric Smithling | Last updated 11/13/22

The Las Vegas Raiders didn't blow a 17-point lead on Sunday. They did something much worse.

FINAL: The @Colts come out on top after a back-and-forth contest #INDvsLV pic.twitter.com/HOdpMJaljN
— NFL (@NFL) November 14, 2022

The Indianapolis Colts nearly broke the NFL earlier this week when they announced former center Jeff Saturday had taken the high school-to-NFL pipeline to become an NFL head coach. It was an unprecedented move that many expected to lead to embarrassment.

Indianapolis was part of an embarrassment, that's for sure. Unfortunately for Las Vegas, it's the Raiders being mocked.

Coach Josh McDaniels continues to do less with more as the Raiders are already out of the playoff chase in spirit if not mathematically. The Raiders' most recent disaster had fans roasting the team on Twitter.

Josh McDaniels and the @Raiders just lost to the @Colts who had Jeff Saturday making his 1st start as a HC not at Hebron Christian Academy outside of Atlanta. Feels like this is less than ideal for job security.
— trey wingo (@wingoz) November 14, 2022

And in their first game with Jeff Saturday as their head coach, the Colts beat the Raiders in Las Vegas.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) November 14, 2022

The #Raiders are going to lose, 25-20, to the Jeff Saturday-led Colts at home and fall to 2-7.

This is an unmitigated disaster for Josh McDaniels and everyone associated with the franchise.
— Tashan Reed (@tashanreed) November 14, 2022

The #Colts win their first game with Jeff Saturday and first-time play-caller Parks Frazier. Indy is 4-5-1 and still in it.

The #Raiders drop to 2-7. Arguably the most disappointing team this season -- and this loss considering the circumstances makes everything look even worse.
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) November 14, 2022

I’ve run out of unfavorable adjectives to describe the #Raiders.

They’re a laughingstock.

The Jeff Saturday #Colts BEAT THEM AT HOME. L.O.L.
— Moe Moton (@MoeMoton) November 14, 2022

The Raiders last year had a key player arrested for vehicular homicide & a coach fired for racist screeds and still found a way to make the playoffs.

They added Devante Adams this offseason.

They’re about to lose to the Colts & drop to 2-7.

Josh McDaniels has been abysmal.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) November 13, 2022

Las Vegas (2-7) is the biggest disappointment in football and Sunday's loss to Saturday is the worst of them all. Losing to a team that struggled bad enough in its last game to fire its coach is already tough to swallow. Having that loss come against an interim coach who hadn't coached above the high school ranks before this week is a Shakespearean tragedy.

Saturday's hiring was blasted Sunday by former NFL head coach Bill Cower. He called the Colts' decision "a disgrace to the coaching profession," per CBS Sports.

A bigger disgrace is what's happening on the Raiders' sideline.

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