SPOILER ALERT: The following post contains details and storylines of Tuesday night’s season opener of “Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Oakland Raiders.”
The night is finally here. “Hard Knocks” premieres and Raider Nation leans in with anticipation.
But will the show be high on entertainment value? Will it be enough to keep our football sweet tooth satisfied over five hourlong episodes?
Or will it turn out to be a black hole of wretched tedium?
Let’s review:
As usual, Episode 1 is largely a table-setter. The cameras whisk us to the team’s training camp in Napa, where Coach Jon Gruden, quarterback Derek Carr and the rest of the silver-and-black are trying to change course direction after a miserable four-win season.