Week 1 · 2025–26 season
Raiders
W 20-13 at Patriots · Sep 7, 2025
Misery Index · Euphoric
Raiders fans toasting the G.Smith era and a competent staff after one road win in Foxborough did what Jimmy never could.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
G.Smith hit T.Tucker deep for the opening score and later found B.Bowers for 38 to set up points, but the real shift came when I.Pola-Mao picked off D.Maye in the third quarter to flip the field. After two seasons of quarterback purgatory, a competent staff making halftime adjustments in Foxborough feels almost suspicious. Raiders fans are allowed one week of dry confidence before remembering it's a long season.
What fans said
“Going from 2 seasons of Jimmy, Minshew, and AOC to Geno is fucking liberating”
u/ImJeeezus▲ 187joy
“#RAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRSSSSS”
u/yourheropaul▲ 123joy
“For fucking once we have a competent staff who made adjustments and dominated the second half, got the W against a tough Pats team at their house.”
u/yankeefan5045▲ 429pride
“fuck Josh McDaniels”
u/komeau▲ 110rage
“EVERYBODY GET IN HERE!!! LFG!!!”
u/Y0_Teach▲ 69joy
“OUTSTANDING JOB TODAY RAIDERS!!!”
u/StoryOutWest▲ 52joy
14 more
“UGLY WINS ARE BACK ON THE MENU”
u/archangel_n7▲ 35joy
“Fuck yeah! Win on the road on the east coast in the early slot and dog shit weather!”
u/dmaul114▲ 23joy
“All you could hear leaving was….RAAAAIIIDDDDDEEERRRS! The Raiders took over Gillette!”
u/WalkFormal99▲ 23joy
“RAIIIIDDEEERRRRS”
u/gfaizo▲ 19joy
“That throw across the body to Mayer on 4th down….man, a raiders QB has not made a throw like that in 20 years”
u/hotsaucesosa▲ 28joy
“holding McDumbass’ offense to 13 points feels even better”
u/RoyalOrange1049▲ 85pride
“Dude what the fuck JPJ. Just standing there watching his QB get mowed.”
u/RAAAAIIIIDEEEERS▲ 18rage
“this is amazing. we beat someone on the East Coast that we should beat”
u/Horror_Economics_588▲ 17joy
“Fuck the Pats Just Win Baby”
u/diddlyshit▲ 38joy
“1-0 let’s fucking goooooo!!!!!”
u/GokutheAnteater▲ 16joy
“It looked like a completely different team in the second half. Pete Carroll and the coaching staff had a really impressive 1st game.”
u/RoyalOrange1049▲ 69pride
“Can I get a loud FUCK JOSH MCDANIELS”
u/FFbox▲ 15rage
“Fuck James Corden, fake ass mf”
u/yourheropaul▲ 15rage
“I'd sell my fucking soul to prevent anymore flags in this goddamn game”
u/RAAAAIIIIDEEEERS▲ 14rage