In his first season as head coach of the Raiders in 1998, Jon Gruden started three different quarterbacks. Donald Hollas and Jeff George were both 30 that year. Wade Wilson was 39.
The situation Gruden inherits this time is much different.
Gruden, who will be re-introduced as the Raiders’ head coach at a news conference Tuesday, takes hold of a team that already has an established quarterback in Derek Carr, who signed a five-year, $125 million deal before the 2016 season.
The Raiders reportedly offered Gruden a contract of 10 years and $100 million to bring him out of the broadcast booth.