If there’s one person who is on the outside looking in but who is familiar with new Las Vegas Raiders regime’s modus operandi, it’s Scott Pioli. The former longtime NFL executive cut his teeth with Silver & Black head honcho Josh McDaniels when they were both with the New England Patriots in the early 2000s.
And, because of that, Pioli believes the roster building is far from over in the desert. He not only worked with McDaniels as New England's director of player personnel — McDaniels was a personnel assistant at the time — they were both engrained with a particular mantra.