Raiders enter a new era with Carroll, Brady forging the path

The surroundings stayed the same, but the proceedings were entirely different.

The Las Vegas Raiders have annually held an open-to-the-public, mid-training camp practice or two at Allegiant Stadium to drum up interest going into the season. In the past, the team has typically run through obligatory drills at less than full speed while a couple of the star players address the crowd.

That wasn’t a good enough plan for new Raiders coach Pete Carroll this year. He decided to stage a “mock game” pitting the Raiders’ first-string offense and second-string defense in white jerseys against the second-team offense and first-team defense in black jerseys.

Carroll demanded full effort out of his players, though they did not tackle to the ground, and appealed to fans to take in the event. Approxima