Tuesday the Raiders announced they had fired defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr and replaced him with defensive assistant John Pagano. From a purely statistical standpoint the move makes sense. The defense is allowing opposing quarterbacks to complete an NFL worst 71.2% of their pass attempts, they have a historical 0 interceptions through 10 games, a league low 6 takeaways, and are tied for last in the NFL with only 13 sacks.
In his 5 years as Chargers defensive coordinator Pagano averaged 15th in the NFL in total defense. He ranked as high as 9th (twice) and as low as 23rd.