Build the perfect NFL roster. What is your players’ average age? The right answer isn’t so simple.
The 2013 Seahawks checked in at 26.4, the second-youngest team to ever reach the Super Bowl, and they hoisted the Lombardi Trophy. But that doesn’t mean the old guys can’t hang. The 2002 Raiders (30.7), 1998 Broncos (30.1) and 1972 Redskins (29.8), all got to the NFL’s championship game leaning on experience.
Which brings us to Sunday afternoon at Mile High.
First-year Raiders coach Jon Gruden is taking his old-school football approach a bit literally, considering the makeup of his team.