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It’s been a rough season for Raiders fans, especially those in Oakland. Jon Gruden’s return sparked hope that a Khalil Mack-led Raiders team could potentially sneak into the playoffs once again before heading to Las Vegas – but Oakland is 1-5 to start the year, and Gruden has controversially traded away Mack and wide receiver Amari Cooper.
The 2018 season appears to be fully lost, and while the team now has five first-round draft picks over the next two seasons, many fans have already lost their patience with Gruden.
On Thursday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter called the Raiders one of the most disappointing teams in the league, and got animated over Gruden’s decision-making.
“This is a team that has built for the future at the expense of the present. They are now loaded with five first-round draft picks over the next two years – but it’s cost them this season. And I think that the excitement and the trust and the hope that was there in Oakland is gone. And I think that people are looking at this in an entirely different way.
If Khalil Mack can be traded, and if Amari Cooper can be traded, then anybody could be traded at any point in time. Now I don’t think Derek Carr is going to be traded…. This is a team, right now, that I think is one of the two or three biggest disappointments in the NFL this season.”
Schefter also said that it’s possible Gruden may be wishing he stayed in the commentary booth.
“Look, he had been courted for years to come out of the Monday Night Football booth. He was waiting for the right opportunity. So this was the opportunity that he chose, and look what this opportunity is. I wonder if both sides regret it now. If Jon Gruden would be happier in the Monday Night Football booth, if the Raiders would have been happier going in another direction. It’s just fair to wonder with everything that’s transpired there this year.”
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