Mayock signed free agent defensive end Yannick Ngakoue to a two-year, $23 million contract, and he added former Pro Bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy and a number of others. He has been lured to Las Vegas to take over their defense. Gus Bradley made a name for himself as the defensive coordinator of the Seattle Seahawks from 2009-2012 when the “Legion of Boom” secondary terrorized opposing offenses. General manager Mike Mayock didn’t like what he saw, and he made significant changes. The Raiders ranked 30th out of 32 teams in scoring defense a year ago, and they were equally bad against the pass and the run. The Ravens are going to walk into an electric, hostile environment, and this should give the Raiders an edge from the start.ĭoc’s Sports offers NFL picks for every game on our NFL predictions page. This will be the first time that there will be more than 60,000 fans jammed into the state-of-the-art facility, and they will be plenty fired up. Last year was the inaugural season for the Raiders in Vegas, and brand-new Allegiant Stadium was empty because of COVID-19 precautions. The first Monday Night Football game of 2021 will feature the Las Vegas Raiders hosting the Baltimore Ravens.