Give Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden and general manager Mike Mayock credit — they got people talking about the team this offseason and injected some hope into a franchise and fanbase that sorely needed it.
And more importantly, they made the team better.
Although the main thrust of free agency is over, Mayock and Gruden keep adding pieces and fleshing out a roster that had holes everywhere. By the end of last season, you could have listed the areas of strength on this roster with one hand — and still had fingers left over.