If Jon Gruden the CEO doesn’t do a better job, then Jon Gruden the head coach has no chance.
That’s the state of the Raiders with five games left in the season after absorbing a 34-17 road loss to the Baltimore Ravens in which the talent disparity was glaring in a league designed to reward parity and provide as much competition for the consumer as possible.
The Ravens are nobody’s pick to make the Super Bowl, but they’re not the Arizona Cardinals, an opponent that gave Raider Nation a bit of false hope a week ago as the Raiders snapped a five-game losing streak.