ALAMEDA, Calif. – As shocking as the Khalil Mack trade was …
As mystifying as the Martavis Bryant cut came to be …
And as, ahem, brilliant as getting something in return in trade for a player they were going to cut anyway in Shalom Luani…
The Raiders jettisoning both of their backup quarterbacks in EJ Manuel and Connor Cook, who were already schooled in coach Jon Gruden’s notoriously complicated offense, in favor of acquiring journeyman backup AJ McCarron, who knew next-to-nothing about ‘Spider 2 Y Banana,’ should have caused almost as much consternation.