HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Pete Carroll missed out on this last year.

The challenge of helping construct and mold a roster. The adrenaline of game week and all the preparation that goes into it.

But now here he is as the Raiders coach getting to see if all those efforts pay off when Las Vegas opens its season Sunday at New England.

“This has just been so much fun, really, to get into this with this club and this ownership,” Carroll said. "With all the challenges that go along with that, to be able to create our own roster with all that freedom that we got. (General manager John Spytek) and I really feel great about the process that we’ve gone through.

“We continue to compete, to add to it. It’s worked out really well, and it represents the hard work that we put in. It represents the time.

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