HOUSTON -- Raiders coach Jack Del Rio thought about replacing rookie quarterback Connor Cook with Matt McGloin after Cook's poor first half in the Raiders' eventual 27-14 playoff loss to the Texans on Saturday.
But Del Rio said his coaching staff essentially talked him out of it.
"The coaches really felt like there were other things that were kind of contributing (to Cook's struggles), that it wasn't going to be a big change based on changing the quarterbacks," Del Rio said. "So we stayed the course with it.
"I know (Cook) got a lot of experience in the last game, the last game-and-a-half.