The team hasn’t played a real game in 2018, meaning if things weren’t as agreeable and copacetic between head coach and his star quarterback as publicized, fans of the team should really be concerned.
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That the NFL will get this quick a look at whether Raiders rookie Arden Key’s potential really is supported by skill is another story, a fact accelerated when star pass rusher Khalil Mack was shipped to Chicago and a rookie from LSU suddenly understood his was a much greater responsibility.
Jon Gruden on Sunday addressed the media for the first time since the Raiders sent elite pass rusher Khalil Mack, a second-round pick and a conditional fifth to the Bears for two first-rounders, a third and a sixth.
This isn’t what Raiders fans imagined when they celebrated Gruden returning as head coach, his decision to trade the team’s best player in Khalil Mack, a defensive end in his prime who should he continue on a current trajectory of production, will one day be sized for a gold blazer in Canton.
The team has proposed four off-site locations to accommodate event parking, all spelled out in a report from a planning consultant and scheduled to be considered by the Clark County Commission on Sept. 5.
While some continue to update daily odds on which teams would most likely trade for the defensive star, the fact remains that Mack’s holdout is more standard than atypical.
Jon Gruden loves veteran players and the Raiders, as much as any team, offer them second chances at continuing careers and proving others wrong, both of which the former Green Bay star can pursue.
New defensive coordinator Paul Guenther and his 4-3 scheme hoping to improve all that ailed the Raiders last season.
If anger among Raiders fans about the relocation to Southern Nevada was a central theme at last year’s training camp, such a sentiment has now seemed to move toward more of an acceptance.
The sticker shock you knew would be attached to seats in the soon-to-be palace of the Raiders, set to open in 2020, is now front and center for you to see and bemoan, with personal seat licenses going on sale Tuesday in reserved-seating areas.