The Raiders continue their search for their next head football coach.

And that number one overall pick that they have, the value went up on that.

That plus more coming up on Thursday's edition of the Locked-on Raiders podcast for January 15th, 2026.

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We got a lot to get to on today's show, but we will close things out, as we always do, hearing from you, calls, texts, a lot of great feedback. We'll do that. Segment number three. Segment number two, we'll talk about the Raiders head coaching position and how attractive it is right now,

as now they're dwindling it down to eight.

There were nine going into Wednesday.

A deal is not finalized yet when it comes to John Harbaugh and the Giants.

Well, depending on what time you're listening to this, maybe it is,

but something that as of midnight on Wednesday, Thursday morning, was really close to getting done. Adam Schaefter reported that. So we'll talk about the other eight openings. Obviously, we'll talk about the Raiders. That's where we'll have our focus. We'll do that in segment number two and what others think about the position right now. And here in segment number one, just news and notes of the day, the value of the number one overall pick and the Raiders head coaching search. We'll jump into that after I tell you about the title sponsor of the show, which is prize picks. Prize picks is the sponsor every crossover Thursday. There is no game to cross over, but it's still the sponsor. Download the prize picks app today. Use promo code locked on NFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first five-dollar lineup. So I want to start out with the coaching search for the Raiders. On Wednesday, they held a couple interviews. Panthers defensive coordinator, Eiji Roe, Evereaux. He was a guy that was interviewed and also Chargers defensive coordinator, Jesse Minter. So I guess Wednesday was the defensive side of things.

So, you know, they have a bunch of different guys that they've already talked to. They have other guys that they have requested and a couple more interviews that they've, you know, conducted now this week. So the search rolls on. I don't think that they're set in stone on exactly who they want yet. They haven't narrowed it down to the exact coach that they have to talk to or they want to talk to and they want to hire.

I really do believe that it's going to be someone who's still coaching in the playoffs,

and you can't hire a coach until that team is eliminated.

I do feel like that that's where the coach is going to come from,

but that's just my gut feeling. But I did want to update you on the coaches that have been interviewed. Today they'll be interviewing Packers' defensive coordinator, Jeff Halfley. So maybe it's just the defensive week. Maybe it's the defensive coordinator's week. I'll tell you this. I was talking to Peter Bukowski from Locked-on Packers, and he told me that Halfley is great.

He said Halfley is a guy that can command the room. He'll get up there in front of the podium and he'll catch your attention. He said he's going to interview really, really well when he talks to the Raiders. And so he'll do that coming up today. So Easy Row, Everow, Panthers defensive coordinator, Jesse Minter, Chargers' defensive coordinator. Those were on Wednesday and Packers, defensive coordinator, Jeff Hathley,

uh, defensive coordinator. Those were on Wednesday and Packers, defensive coordinator, Jeff Hathley, on today.

Also, I wanted to pass along for news and notes here in segment number one in today's

Lockdown Raiders podcast, the value of the number one overall pick.

If you remember, I talked to Field Yates from ESPN draft analysts.

He was on my radio show last week, and we were talking about Fernando Mendoza.

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