Silver and Black Productions released the first episode of the new season of Behind The Shield on Monday night.
Here are three top moments from the episode, available now on the Raiders YouTube channel and Raiders.com.
An Emphasis on Competition
Titled, "Compete", the first episode of Behind The Shield highlights the central theme of Pete Carroll's figurative manual to building a program.
"The philosophy is really always compete," Caroll said. "I'll use the competition word so much that people get sick of hearing me say it. Competing, to me, is defined as striving for excellence. It's not about trying to beat somebody and rub their nose in the dirt. That's not it. It's about striving. In everything that you're doing, you're trying to be the best you can possibly be. That's the mentality that drives this program."
In addition to being the backbone of team-building under Carroll, General Manager John Spytek discusses how a player's competitive nature factors into talent evaluation.
"We want fast, big, explosive players," he said. "We will find those too, but the competitive urgency, the instincts, the natural football skills, those are the best players I've been around. That's the kind of stuff that gets me rolling. I just have this belief that no matter what, we can turn any draft pick - first all the way to seventh - into a really good player."