"Knock on wood if you're with me."
Head coach Jon Gruden's mantra has permeated Oakland Raiders training camp as his team prepares for the 2019 season in front of HBO's cameras. The question that dominated Tuesday's episode of Hard Knocks was which members of the Raiders will be with him once the regular season starts.
If it wasn't clear cuts were looming going into the third preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, it was from the opening moments of Tuesday's episode.
Things started with defensive line coach Brentson Buckner stressing the importance of putting good football on film during the preseason, and Gruden drove home the point when he said, "some guys are getting ready to play the biggest game of their career.