Mark Davis paid a king’s ransom to get Jon Gruden. It cost $100 million over 10 years lure him out of the broadcast booth and back into Silver and Black.
Then factor four-year deals for his coordinators, and the $15 million remaining on Jack Del Rio’s contract.
That’s, well, a lot of money. It was also the going rate.
Gruden will reportedly sign his big, fat contract Monday and be knighted Raiders head coach in a Tuesday press conference.
As much as Gruden may have been primed for a return to coaching, he wasn’t coming for free.