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Report: 'Raiders Made No Immediate Suggestion' to Fire Jon Gruden for Racist Comment

While the Las Vegas Raiders and the NFL are investigating head coach Jon Gruden's use of a racist trope when discussing NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith in a 2011 email, the team "made no immediate suggestion that his job status was in any jeopardy."

This is according to Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports, who pointed out Gruden was a broadcaster for ESPN 10 years ago when he sent the email.

The team is considering "numerous factors," including that the email came from a personal account and the head coach said he was not intentionally using a racist trope.