{"id":872458,"date":"2026-04-23T05:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/872458\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:03:22","slug":"las-vegas-raiders-open-veteran-minicamp-without-decals-on-helmets-sportslogos-net-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/872458\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Raiders Open Veteran Minicamp Without Decals On Helmets \u2013 SportsLogos.Net News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/las-vegas-raiders-minicamp-2026-helmet-decals-1-1000x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98900\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The Las Vegas Raiders opened voluntary veteran minicamp on Monday without decals on their helmets, as head coach Klint Kubiak attempts to establish a new culture with a franchise that has made the playoffs just twice since 2003.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not uncommon for coaches at the college level to have newcomers \u201cearn\u201d their place on the team, with schools like Ohio State placing a black stripe on their helmets and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OhioStateFB\/status\/2044471543288189234\" rel=\"nofollow\">removing it once they\u2019ve proven they\u2019re ready to contribute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019ll be interesting to see if these tactics carry the same weight with professional athletes with multimillion-dollar contracts as they do with teenagers just hoping to get on the field as a true freshman. If they buy in, though, we\u2019ll wonder why teams didn\u2019t try it sooner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/las-vegas-raiders-minicamp-2026-helmet-decals-4-1000x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98903\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins, who the Raiders signed earlier this month to mentor presumptive No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza, seems to think Kubiak has the franchise on the right path after they previously found success together with the Minnesota Vikings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA phrase he used in the team meeting yesterday was to \u2018ride for the brand,\u2019 meaning<a href=\"https:\/\/www.raiders.com\/video\/kirk-cousins-introductory-press-conference-nfl-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> that you\u2019re kind of doing whatever it takes to help our organization move forward in the right direction,\u201d Cousins said during his introductory press conference on April 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/las-vegas-raiders-minicamp-2026-helmet-decals-3-1000x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98902\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was really what he led with yesterday, the importance of being a team, playing together and then playing with \u2018shocking\u2019 effort. That\u2019s something that will be coached as long as he\u2019s here. (They\u2019re) going to be coached every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PaulHGutierrez\/status\/2046730239267758381\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to team columnist Paul Gutierrez<\/a>, the last time the Raiders did not wear a shield on their helmet during minicamp was 2010 under then-head coach Tom Cable. They finished that season at 8-8 overall, their first non-losing record since 2002, when they reached Super Bowl XXXVII.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/las-vegas-raiders-minicamp-2026-helmet-decals-1000x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98904\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photos courtesy of @Raiders on X\/Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Las Vegas Raiders opened voluntary veteran minicamp on Monday without decals on their helmets, as head coach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[7,1744,393,2455,2454,6,525],"class_list":{"0":"post-872458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-las-vegas-raiders","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-las-vegas","10":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","11":"tag-lasvegas","12":"tag-lasvegasraiders","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-raiders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116452276921785256","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}