On-field performance puts move, Las Vegas lifestyle in background

JPHOENIX ack Del Rio has been to Las Vegas a few times. Golfed a little. Gambled a little. Caught a few shows with his wife. Loved the shows. Loved the food. But now he must envision making Southern Nevada home and, perhaps more significantly, preparing an NFL team and all its families to do so. There isn’t a head coach in league history who will have faced such a challenge over the extended period of time Del Rio and the Raiders now inherit.

“The last time I heard something like that, we were starting a third-string quarterback in a playoff game,” Del Rio said. “That didn’t go very well. Let’s hope this goes better.

”It’s a little unique. There isn’t a handbook out there on this. If there is, please send it to me. We will do the best we can to put a plan together and execute it.”

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