B79.🔥 “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?” — PRESSURE ERUPTS IN LAS VEGAS AS RAIDERS FACE A QUARTERBACK CROSSROADS 🔥

The locker room was silent after the Raiders’ 33–16 loss to the Cowboys, the kind of silence that settles in when frustration mixes with inevitability. But before anyone else could speak, Geno Smith stepped forward — not to defend himself, not to deflect, but to take the full weight of the collapse squarely on his shoulders.

He didn’t blame the play calling.
He didn’t blame the protection.
He didn’t blame the receivers.

He blamed himself.

“I don’t think there was any issue with the play calling,” Smith told reporters, his expression tight with fatigue. “The plays were there, guys were open. I’ve just got to play better.”

It wasn’t a rehearsed line. It was a confession — and something close to a plea.

Because Geno Smith knows the noise is getting louder.

He hears the analysts slicing up the game tape frame by frame. He sees the screenshots circling open receivers. He knows fans are asking the question no quarterback wants to hear: Is it time for a change?

“You guys watch the film,” he continued. “We’ve got a lot of Monday morning quarterbacks out there. I’m sure you’ll see where the guys were open.”

Then he dropped a line that captured everything — the frustration, the scrutiny, the weight he carries as a veteran quarterback leading a 2–8 team running out of chances.

“If something don’t look right out there, blame it on me.
If it don’t look right, blame it on me.
If your kids mess up at school, blame it on me.
Car breaks down on the way to work? Blame it on me.”

It was half-joke, half-self-indictment — and fully revealing.

Inside the Raiders organization, the evaluation has already begun. The offense has stalled, the rhythm is gone, and the confidence appears to be slipping with each passing week. The interceptions, the missed reads, the drives that die before they even begin — they all point back to the man under center.

And yet, despite the growing calls for Kenny Pickett, there’s still no sign that head coach Pete Carroll is ready to pull the trigger on a quarterback switch. Not yet. Not publicly.

But privately? The tension is real.
The questions are sharp.
The patience is thinning.

Smith isn’t the only problem — far from it. The line has been shaky, the receivers inconsistent, the scheme still adjusting to Chip Kelly’s vision. But quarterbacks don’t get graded on context. They get graded on results.

And 2–8 is a result no one in Las Vegas can ignore.

Still, there’s something to be said for a quarterback who doesn’t hide. Smith stood there and owned every misfire, every missed window, every lost opportunity. Accountability doesn’t fix the scoreboard, but it reveals character — and his teammates noticed.

Because while this season may already be slipping away, the next decisions will shape the Raiders’ future:
Does Pete Carroll stay loyal to a veteran who takes responsibility like a leader?
Or does he decide the team needs a spark — any spark — even if it means changing quarterbacks?

For now, the pressure sits on Geno Smith’s shoulders, right where he says it belongs.

The only question left in Las Vegas is the one everyone keeps whispering: