ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Stepping into the power vacuum created by Al Davis’ death the night before the Oakland Raiders’ Week 5 game of the 2011 season at the Houston Texans, head coach Hue Jackson was equal parts mad offensive genius and self-promoter.
He had been brought in by Davis a year earlier to get the Raiders' offense humming as a coach-in-waiting under Tom Cable and, boy, did it hum -- as it more than doubled its scoring output from the previous season.