Raiders owner Mark Davis made headlines this past offseason signing Jon Gruden to a massive $10-year contract worth up to $100 million. We’re just nine months into the Gruden era with just one game played. And thus far the one area we know he has mastered is the blame game.
Obviously Gruden’s biggest and most controversial decision since returning to the NFL sidelines was to trade 2016 Defensive Player of the Year Khalil Mack to the Chicago Bears. A move for which Gruden has taken plenty of heat.
Aside from the criticism of trading the team’s best player and arguably the best defender in the NFL, there was heavy criticism of the compensation Oakland received in the deal, which included sending the Bears a second round pick.