Last week, Jon Gruden was incensed that someone — anyone — would even suggest that he is tanking his first season as Raiders’ head coach and de-facto general manager.
“We aren’t tanking anything. I hear the hatred out there,” Gruden said. “We are not getting up at 4 o’clock in the morning to tank it. Ain’t nobody tanking it.”
You don’t need me to tell you this, but, despite what the loquacious and hyperbolic coach-slash-general manager-slash-owner said last Tuesday, the Raiders are, in fact, tanking.
After all, actions speak louder than words — especially if those words come out of Gruden’s mouth.