Raiders news: Some Chargers coaches join Gus Bradley in Las Vegas

Gus Bradley takes friends with him to Las Vegas.

Raiders’ new defensive coordinator reportedly brought in linebacker coach Richard Smith and defensive back coach Ron Milus (photo above) with him. (Defensive line coach Rod Marinelli stays with the Raiders.)

There may be other changes to come as well. The Raiders have not made any announcements regarding linebacker coach Dave Lippincott and secondary coach Jim O’Neill, they still appeared on the team’s website Tuesday afternoon.

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These changes made sense. Bradley, like Marinelli, has a history with Raiders coach Jon Gruden, so new coaches Smith and Milus are part of that tree … and not related to sacked defensive coach Paul Guenther.

So these moves make it clear that Bradley is fully in charge of defense. He said earlier today that he could bring some Chargers coaches with him and it’s happened before.

Smith and Milus are longtime NFL coaches and have great respect in the league. Like Bradley and Marinelli, Smith, 66, has experience as an NFL defensive coordinator, so he’s a seasoned coaching staff.