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The Las Vegas Raiders went with a notable name to fill their offensive coordinator slot.
The team is expected to hire former Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury as their next offensive coordinator under promoted head coach Antonio Pierce, according to NFL Network's Mike Garafolo.
Kingsbury had also reportedly interviewed with the Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles.
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport also reported that the Raiders interviewed UCLA head coach Chip Kelly twice before landing on Kingsbury. With current defensive coordinator Patrick Graham likely staying after interviewing for head-coaching positions, offensive coordinator was the biggest spot left in Las Vegas.
The hire is a return to the NFL for Kingsbury, who spent a season as an offensive analyst at USC after being fired by the Cardinals last year. A former journeyman quarterback in the NFL and CFL, Kingsbury rose through the college ranks as an Air Raid guru before jumping from Texas Tech, where he was fired after six seasons, to the Cardinals.
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Kingsbury's tenure in Arizona saw the team reach the playoffs in the 2021 season and collapse to a 4-13 record in 2022. He constructed an unsurprising pass-heavy attack around former No. 1 draft pick Kyler Murray, but his teams struggled with more traditional aspects of the game and repeatedly faltered late in the season.
Even though he hasn't worked out as a head coach, Kingsbury's reputation as a sharp offensive mind is clearly intact enough to get a shot at running an NFL offense.
The big question is who will be running his offense in 2024, as the Raiders don't have a clear future at quarterback these days. Jimmy Garoppolo began the season as the starter, but was benched in favor of fourth-round rookie Aidan O'Connell, who led the team to a 5-4 finish. O'Connell figures to have a shot at the starting job for next season, though it's very conceivable the Raiders will look elsewhere for help.
Las Vegas holds the No. 13 pick in the NFL Draft. Normally, that would be too low to get a top quarterback, but this year's class is deep. USC's Caleb Williams, UNC's Drake Maye and LSU's Jayden Daniels are not likely to fall out of the top 10, but players like Oregon's Bo Nix, Michigan's J.J. McCarthy and Washington's Michael Penix Jr. could be considered.
Whomever ends up throwing the ball for the Raiders, they can probably expect to throw it a lot for Kingsbury.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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