ALAMEDA — A season that spanned 112 days was wrapped up in a little over 12 minutes by coach Jon Gruden Monday at his season-ending press conference.
The NFL can be a cold, cruel world. The Raiders, who at one point were 6-4 and tied with the Kansas City Chiefs in the loss column in the AFC West, skidded to 7-9 with a 1-5 finish.
Three of those losses came in cold weather. The Raiders finished the regular season with a 16-15 loss in Denver when the temperature was 31 degrees at kickoff. The tailspin also included a 40-9 loss to Kansas City on Dec.