HENDERSON, Nev. -- Josh McDaniels acknowledged Monday in his introductory news conference as Las Vegas Raiders coach that he wasn't ready for the position in his first go-around, more than a decade earlier with the Denver Broncos.
After admitting something else to Raiders owner Mark Davis.
"When I went to Denver, I knew a little bit of football," McDaniels said of his 28-game tenure with the Broncos over the 2009 and 2010 seasons. "I didn't really know people and how important that aspect of this process and maintaining the culture and building the team was.