MOBILE, Ala. – The Raiders have been shipping home games abroad for years now.
The football people don’t love it. Jon Gruden’s a homebody, and prefers to stay put whenever possible. Jack Del Rio didn’t like it, either. Adding another travel date to the schedule makes a season harder. There’s no arguing that.
It is unofficially part of the team’s relocation efforts, conceding to play an extra game away from the East Bay and wherever the Raiders eventually call home in 2019.
This will mark the fourth straight season the Raiders have hosted an international game, and the fifth time in the last six years.