Las Vegas Raiders Report Card 2023

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Overview

The Las Vegas Raiders ranked as the 3^rd best team in our guide. With their new facilities in place now for nearly 3 years, we heard from multiple players on other teams the request to “make the facilities more like Vegas.” The workplace is mostly state-of-the-art, and 90% of players believe that club owner Mark Davis is willing to spend money to upgrade the operations if needed, ranking him 20^th in this category.

At this workplace, the lowest graded category was the coaching staff. Player respondents felt that head coach Josh McDaniels is less likely to listen to his players and keeps them for longer hours than other head coaches around the league. Longer hours are not correlated to winning, as seven of the top eight coaches rated as being most efficient with their players' time in the 2022 survey made the playoffs this year.

Breakdown of Key Categories

Support of Players' Families: Ranked 15th

• They offer a family room
• Daycare is offered but not at the stadium

Post-Game Gathering Area: Ranked 10th

Quality of food: Ranked 8th

• All three meals provided

100% of players say there is enough room in the cafeteria.

The players feel they have one of the best weight rooms in the NFL.

• 100% feel they have enough strength coaches

The players feel that the strength coaches go above and beyond to support them and add to their success.

• 98% of players believe they receive an individual plan (7th)

Staffing

• 93% feel they have enough ATCs
• 88% feel they have enough PTs

Steam Room/Sauna

• There is a steam room (98% feel it is big enough)
• There is a sauna (72% feel it is big enough)

Tubs

• 94% of players feel they have enough hot tub space
• 80% of players feel they have enough cold tub space

When asked about the “Training staff adding to their success” they tied for 22nd in the NFL. That may sound slightly below average but that is because most teams rated their training staffs positively. The Raiders players gave moderately high marks to their staff which is why the overall grade is still good.

The players feel like they have one of the best locker rooms in the league and players from other teams that have seen it envy it.

• 100% of players feel like they have enough space (Ranked 1st)
  

• 98% of players feel like they have enough room to spread out
• No roommates
• Plenty of first-class seats

During the last two years, the Board of Representatives has discussed ways to improve the information available to free agents making decisions about their prospective Clubs and decided to pursue the development of “Club Report Cards” that, while not a scientific survey, would report the quantitative and qualitative opinions of NFL players about their respective Clubs.

In connection with that goal, questions were sent to every player on the 2022 team rosters asking them their opinions about their Club’s facilities, certain Club personnel/coaches, and other work-related categories, such as Club’s treatment of families and team travel (players were not asked questions about any Club other than their 2022 employer). As a result of the confidential questionnaire, 1,300 players responded. There then was a qualitative follow up by the union, which resulted in the following “report card.”

The questions called for both quantitative and qualitative answers; for example: “Grade your weight room with 1 reflecting best rating, 5 reflecting lowest rating” and “What would you change about your weight room?” The numerical ratings for each sub-category of questions were tallied and averaged. The questionnaire also sought to elicit the opinion of players on some issues that have a direct impact on the quality of life for NFL players. These qualitative responses, which are inherently subjective, were reviewed and evaluated by the union and then factored into providing an overall rating that was intended to reflect player opinions.

Based upon all of this information, the rankings from Club to Club were determined by comparing how each Club graded in each category.

Finally, the Club Report Card includes an overview, which is a summary of the players’ responses and opinions about the Club workplace and specifically about how players perceived Clubs’ commitment to workplace issues.