ALAMEDA, Calif. -- A day after Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis gave him a vote of confidence, calling his hiring as coach the "endgame" for him, Jon Gruden reciprocated the feeling.
"I feel Mark's pain," Gruden said Monday in his weekly media conference, after the Raiders' 20-6 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers dropped Oakland's record to 1-8 in Gruden's first year back on the sidelines following nine seasons in ESPN's "Monday Night Football" booth.
"I talk to Mark after every game and these are unpleasant conversations. It's tough, man, we want to win.