Raiders HC Klint Kubiak First Game_ Offense, Defense & Player Analysis

Fri, Aug 14, 2026

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Clint, obviously you have not had the opportunity to review the film, but your first game as a head coach, just initial feelings on how you felt the game went from a logistics standpoint.

No, I, I thought, uh, you know, I thought it was smooth there.

I thought, you know, our coaches did a good job communicating on the headset.

You know, the game itself, uh, you know, we had a lot, a lot to improve on, really, you know, uh, really happy with what the offense did in that first drive.

Uh, you know, Kirk leading us down the field.

Um, I was, you know, very happy with what our defense did in the second half on 3rd down after the first half.

Uh, but there's a lot of things that we need to improve on.

What did, uh, Fernando show you tonight?

Uh, well, you know, he, uh, you know, I thought he, you know, led a, he led a good scoring drive as far as getting in and out of the huddle and commanding the group and, uh, getting the play calls down.

You know, I saw, I saw the same guy that we've seen in practice.

I see, uh, you know, an ascending player, and we just got to keep getting better.

Uh, uh, excuse me, Clint, just your impression about how the offense, offensive line like especially in terms of their run blocking.

Yeah, I think I'll take a, take time to peek at tomorrow, you know, definitely didn't need to run as much tonight.

We had to throw it a bunch in that second half.

Um.

But, uh, you know, I, I'd like to, like to peek at it first, but, you know, something that, that we're always trying to get better at is, is our run blocking, play action and, and making things look the same, but we got to be able to be in the game at the end so we can keep doing that the whole game.

Hey, coach, uh, what are your thoughts on Mike Washington's first game and what did you personally take away from his performance tonight?

Pleased with what Mike did.

Mike did some good things, um, you know, just like he practiced.

I think he's the, was the same player that we've seen him practice, you know, had a big run.

And, um, you know, just got to keep giving them more options as preseason goes.