What the heck happened? Where did this Raiders season go wrong? Well, it turns out the roller coaster car was pretty rickety way back at the start, VicTafur writes.
after the game — hey, it’s been a rough nine years — and Davis not only gave McDaniels a vote of confidence but said he was doing a “fantastic job.” Which told you all you need to know about his expectations this season. When the Raiders started off 0-3, he basically acknowledged the roster wasn’t good enough and started counting down the days to theWhen Mark Davis gave Josh McDaniels a vote of confidence, the writing was on the wall for Derek Carr.
And to be fair, the roster wasn’t good enough. Last year’s playoff team was gritty, but not super talented. All the horrible draft classes in the last 11 years by Reggie McKenzie, Jon Gruden and Mike Mayock took their toll, not to mention all the money tossed in the fire with bad free-agent signings. Jacobs,