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jon gruden has remained plugged in as an nfl analyst, but after nine years away from the sideline, he would definitely need to kick off some rust.        

(click here if you are having trouble viewing the gallery and video on your mobile device.)for complete oakland raiders coverage follow us on flipboard.jon gruden reacted with a chuckle when asked about a report saturday night the raiders would make a serious offer in hopes that he would return as head coach.“c’mon man, i’m out with my wife. this is crazy,” gruden said in a phone interview. “i was supposed to be going to tampa last week. what have they got? i don’t know.”asked how to best characterize the situation, gruden said, `i’ve got nothing to report. i’m at an outback bowl event with my wife.”the raiders are prepared to offer gruden a deal by owner mark davis which would offer him an ownership stake, according to an espn report.“i don’t want to sit here and speculate,” gruden told t

(click here, if you are unable to view this photo gallery on your mobile device.)carson, calif. — the most intriguing name surrounding the raiders was all the way across the united states, his potential move to oakland rendering sunday’s season finale meaningless compared to his impending decision.forget the future of todd downing. what stood as the primary storyline entering week 17 for the raiders suddenly seemed an afterthought. oakland’s draft position after sunday? who cares. playing spoiler? the raiders and owner mark davis, though all parties in oakland claimed to be focused on one game and one game only, had far bigger business to handle than the football taking place inside the stubhub center.the raiders were intended to fade into the offseason abyss around 4:30 pst on sunday, but

(click here if you are having trouble viewing the gallery and video on your mobile device.)for complete oakland raiders coverage follow us on flipboard.jon gruden reacted with a chuckle when asked about a report saturday night the raiders would make a serious offer in hopes that he would return as head coach.“c’mon man, i’m out with my wife. this is crazy,” gruden said in a phone interview. “i was supposed to be going to tampa last week. what have they got? i don’t know.”asked how to best characterize the situation, gruden said, `i’ve got nothing to report. i’m at an outback bowl event with my wife.”the raiders are prepared to offer gruden a deal by owner mark davis which would offer him an ownership stake, according to an espn report.“i don’t want to sit here and speculate,” gruden told t

trader's remorse? the oakland raiders reportedly want jon gruden, the coach they traded to the tampa bay buccaneers in 2002, so badly that they are pursuing the espn analyst with an offer that includes an ownership stake in the team.gruden, who won a super bowl after that trade to tampa bay, has been in the "monday night football" booth since 2008, but every year rumors of his return to the field intensify as coaching openings crop up around the league. this season, most of that buzz centered on tampa, where he still lives. however, over the weekend, reports surfaced that the team would retain dirk koetter and espn reported the development with the raiders.gruden, according to the network, hopes to postpone a decision until after the 6-9 team finishes its disappointing regular season. jack

alameda, calif. (ap) — oakland raiders coach jack del rio was fired sunday after his third year when the impressive turnaround job he engineered for his hometown team collapsed with a disappointing six-win season.del rio said owner mark davis told him after the team’s season-ending 30-10 loss to the los angeles chargers on sunday that he would not be retained as coach in oakland. del rio had signed a four-year contract extension last february after oakland ended a 13-year playoff drought with a 12-win season.the raiders followed that up by becoming one of the league’s disappointing teams. oakland went 6-10 for the second biggest one-season drops in wins in franchise history, leading to del rio’s firing and raising speculation that former coach jon gruden could be in line for a second stint

the raiders could be looking to make a lucrative offer to their ex-coach and current espn broadcaster.        

rod martin played his college home games at the los angeles coliseum, but confided to his boss after the 1981 season he wasn’t all that excited about going back home as a professional.owner al davis had moved the raiders against the nfl’s wishes from oakland to los angeles. martin was a 12th-round draft pick in 1977 with more potential than power.“i talked to mr. davis and told him, ‘i fell in love with the oakland raiders. i would like to play in oakland,’ ” martin said in a phone interview. “he said, ‘well, son, i’m signing your checks in l.a.’ ”the raiders will move again in 2020 at the latest if all goes according to plan, this time to las vegas. the return to oakland through 22 seasons has been mostly unsuccessful other than a jon gruden-fueled run from 2000 through 2002 and jack del

ashburn, va. — amid an offseason of potential upheaval, the washington redskins have made an investment in continuity by signing coach jay gruden to a multiyear contract extension.gruden was going into the fourth year of a five-year contract. the team announced the extension after gruden and other team officials returned from the nfl combine.the 50-year-old is the first coach to have his contract extended by dan snyder, who has owned the team for 18 years. gruden is the eighth head coach over that time.the redskins missed the playoffs last season after losing in the nfc wild-card game in 2015. they're 21-26-1 in three seasons under gruden, who does not have a playoff victory.extending gruden's contract comes during an uncertain offseason for the redskins, who could lose starting receivers

throughout his career as an nfl coach and broadcaster, jon gruden has been surrounded by a host of powerful athletes.pound for pound, his son might be the strongest of them.jon “deuce” gruden ii, 23, is the eldest son of the former raiders and buccaneers coach and is ascending to the pinnacle of a sport other than football. he will compete next week at the international powerlifting federation world classic powerlifting championships in minsk, belarus. his parents will be making the trip with him.according to the u.s. powerlifting database, deuce gruden is ranked fourth among men in the raw junior category in the 83-kilogram weight class.he’s an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the washington redskins – coached by his uncle, jay gruden — and at 5 feet 5, 180 pounds is a tank i

jon gruden says brian hoyer will be a “good stop-gap quarterback” for the 49ers until kyle shanahan can develop a younger prospect. so, who is the ideal candidate in next week’s draft?“mitch trubisky fits their system,” gruden, the former raiders and tampa bay buccaneers coach, said wednesday on an espn conference call.“… the thing i liked about trubisky is he’s really into it. he’s attentive. he’s got really good retention. he’s a good communicator.”gruden predicts four quarterbacks will go in the first round april 27: trubisky, clemson’s deshaun watson, texas tech’s patrick mahomes and “a sleeper,” such as notre dame’s deshone kizer and pittsburgh’s nathan peterman.gruden said if he had to pick a quarterback to play this coming season, he’d take peterman, who transferred to pittsburgh fr

with jimmy durkin in vacation mode across the pond, i’m stepping in to answer some raiders questions . . .first, there were many questions about whether marshawn lynch would join the raiders, the most popular of course being “will it happen?”my gut feeling is that no, it does not happen. but i’m sure willing to be wrong and think it would be an interesting story to cover. stylistically he fits much better than adrian peterson. i don’t pretend to know what is in lynch’s mind and in fact don’t know him at all. know some seattle area media that fully expect lynch to remain retired after the requisite fuss is made. i think there are financial issues, such as potential repayment of a $2.5 million bonus. and i’m also not convinced reggie mckenzie wants to bring in an older back when there are so

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throughout his career as an nfl coach and broadcaster, jon gruden has been surrounded by a host of powerful athletes.pound for pound, his son might be the strongest of them.jon "deuce" gruden ii, 23, is the eldest son of the former raiders and buccaneers coach and is ascending to the pinnacle of a sport other than football. he will compete next week at the international powerlifting federation world classic powerlifting championships in minsk, belarus. his parents will be making the trip with him.gruden is seeded second in the competition based on his age and weight divisions.he's an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the washington redskins — coached by his uncle, jay gruden — and at 5 feet 5, 180 pounds is a tank in tennis shoes. deuce played receiver, then running back at laf

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amid an off-season of potential upheaval, the washington redskins have made an investment in continuity by signing coach jay gruden to a multiyear contract extension. gruden was going into the fourth year of a five-year contract. the team announced the extension after gruden and other team officials returned from the nfl combine in indianapolis. the 50-year-old gruden is the first coach to have his contract extended by dan snyder, who has owned the team for 18 years. gruden is the eighth head coach over that time. the redskins missed the playoffs last season after losing in the nfc wild-card game in 2015. they’re 21-26-1 in three seasons under gruden. extending gruden’s contract comes during an uncertain off-season for the redskins, who could lose starting receivers desean jackson and pier

ashburn, va. — the washington redskins signed coach jay gruden on monday to a multi-year contract extension.gruden was going into the fourth year of a five-year contract. the team announced the extension after gruden and other officials returned from the nfl combine.the 50-year-old is the first coach to have his contract extended by dan snyder, who has owned the team for 18 years.the redskins missed the playoffs last season after making it in 2015. they're 21-26-1 in three seasons under gruden, who does not have a playoff victory.extending gruden comes during an uncertain offseason for the redskins, who could lose two starting receivers in free agency and have placed the franchise tag on quarterback kirk cousins for the second consecutive year. general manager scot mccloughan also did not

ashburn, va. — the washington redskins have signed coach jay gruden to a multi-year contract extension.gruden was going into the fourth year of a five-year contract. the team announced the extension monday morning.the 50-year-old is the first coach to have his contract extended by owner dan snyder.the redskins missed the playoffs last season after making it in 2015. they’re 21-26-1 in three seasons under gruden, who does not have a playoff victory.extending gruden comes during an uncertain offseason for the redskins, who could lose two starting receivers in free agency and have placed the franchise tag on quarterback kirk cousins for the second consecutive year. general manager scot mccloughan also did not attend the combine last week with a spokesman saying he was taking care of family ma

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raiders punter marquette king couldn’t help but joke with marshawn lynch about the running back’s potential un-retirement to join the raiders.king took to twitter, as he so often does, to tease lynch about wearing silver and black again.earlier friday, as the rumors about lynch joining the raiders became reported interest, king added his two cents to recruiting lynch.for some perspective, here’s what else king posted on twitter that day:

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(click here, if you are unable to view this photo gallery or video on your mobile device)carson, calif. — mark davis wasted no time firing jack del rio.at 4:43 p.m. pst, just 21 minutes after the raiders’ 30-10 loss to the chargers went final, del rio informed reporters he wouldn’t be coming back. the now former oakland head coach said he spoke with his owner two minutes prior. davis waited less than 20 minutes after del rio’s third full season in oakland finished to give him the axe.when del rio addressed his team following the game, no players knew their coach’s fate. del rio didn’t either, though doubt regarding his future crept in with recent reports that jon gruden-to-oakland was more serious this time than others. derek carr said this speech from del rio didn’t feel like a goodbye. n

talk about a tortured fan base.here comes the game local fans have been waiting for and they’re playing it in another country — patriots vs. raiders in mexico city.last season the feeling within the raiders facility was that they wouldn’t be going back to mexico city, and that if so it certainly wouldn’t be against the new england patriots.then came feb. 1, and the announcement that the raiders would indeed be giving away the home date their fans have been waiting for against the franchise they most want to beat — and that includes their afc west rivals and the 49ers.the following month — surprise! — owners voted to allow the raiders to move to las vegas.feel free to speculate that mark davis was willing to serve up the patriots game to the nfl as a way of currying favor with power brokers

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