One position group that let the 2017 Oakland Raiders down was the receiving corps. The position group was injury-plagued and could not stop dropping the football at will. After seeing both Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree have over 1,000 receiving yards in 2016, they both got about half of that in 2017. The Oakland offense went in the toilet as the passing game plummeted under Todd Downing’s control.
This is a big reason that Jon Gruden is back coaching the Silver and Black. He has prioritized building a sensational staff, often times trying to hire overqualified coaches for certain positions to build his super staff.