Jon Gruden wants to win, and there have been times the past three non-winning seasons where the Raiders coach has been clearly miserable. He himself said that he cried for three days after trading former NFL defensive player of the year Khalil Mack just before the start of his return season in 2018. The Raiders have had a glaring need for a proven pass rusher since trading Mack to the Chicago Bears nearly three years ago and when free agency opened in March, they targeted and planned to sign Yannick Ngakoue. But before they did, they made a phone call, league sources said. Would the Bears be interested at all in trading Mack back to the Raiders? The Bears had significant salary-cap issues — which forced them to release All-Pro cornerback Kyle Fuller and restructure several contracts — and the Raiders thought it was worth a shot. The Bears were not interested, sources said, and the Raiders went ahead and signed Ngakoue to a two-year, $26 million contract. Raiders officials had no comment, as they don’t talk about trade offers given or received, not even the most interesting ones. […]
I especially love him sticking his arms out while on the ground as if he could do anything at that point.
How many were backs or receivers? I can remember Cedric Benson, Santonio Holmes and Corey Grant. None of them were the same after
