Mark Davis probably didn’t need much convincing to make Josh McDaniels his new head coach. Not after the Las Vegas Raiders owner watched his football team go flaccid numerous times in the red zone in 2021.
With McDaniels orchestrating the offense, the New England Patriots finished 11th in the league in red zone percentage — the amount of times a team reaches the money zone and the end result is a touchdown — with a 61.9 percent clip this past season. Davis’ Raiders dragged themselves across the finish line with a 51.7 percent red zone percentage, good enough for 26th in the league.