The Las Vegas Raiders are in for a very important season.

They went all in on the risk of hiring Antonio Pierce, a guy who had never even been a coordinator before.

So, this season has to show some sort of improvements on what he did with the same team last season, but only now a more improved roster on both sides of the ball.

One thing that should help — well, some league news that happened on Thursday.

The Los Angeles Chargers, along with their beat writers, reporters, national media, and anyone else in the football world, announced that their superstar quarterback Justin Herbert would miss some time as he was diagnosed with plantar fascia in his right foot, according to the team.

This, believe it or not, is big news for the Las Vegas Raiders.

The Raiders are set to open their 2024 season at home against the Chargers, who could very well have Easton Stick or Max Duggan starting for them at quarterback.

That, changes everything, as the Chargers then become a much more beatable team, especially considering how the Raiders beat them down last season in one matchup, and nearly beat them in another with Josh McDaniels as the head coach.