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#The Raiders were spiraling even before Jon Gruden’s resignation

#The Raiders were spiraling even before Jon Gruden’s resignation

The glow from the 3-0 start for the Las Vegas Raiders has been extinguished in rapid fashion following a rough seven-day stretch.

Back-to-back double-digit losses followed by the resignation of coach Jon Gruden over offensive emails he sent years ago have turned a promising season into a troubling one after the Raiders lost 20-9 on Sunday to the Chicago Bears.

“Right now we’re finding our identity and we haven’t found it yet” Gruden said Monday afternoon.

They will have to find it without Gruden after he resigned later in the day following the release of emails he sent before being hired in 2018 that contained racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments.

The team named special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia its interim coach. Bisaccia, 61, is a Yonkers native who has been an NFL coach since 2002. He will make his debut when the Raiders take on the AFC West rival Broncos on Sunday afternoon in Denver.

Jon Gruden with Raiders players on Oct. 4, 2021.
Jon Gruden with Raiders players on Oct. 4, 2021.
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The Raiders appeared headed in the right direction after opening the season with wins over Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Miami with two coming in overtime after they overcame 14-point deficits.

But the problems they could overcome in those games proved to be too much to deal with the past two weeks as they lost 28-14 to the Chargers and then again to the Bears.

Rich Bisaccia (left) was named the interim head coach after Jon Gruden's resignation.
Rich Bisaccia (left) was named the interim head coach after Jon Gruden’s resignation.
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The 23 points the past two weeks are the second fewest and the Raiders rank last in the NFL with 4.07 yards per play in those two games. Quarterback Derek Carr has struggled and the running game has been almost nonexistent behind a porous offensive line.

But it was the emails that did in Gruden. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Gruden sent an email a decade ago that referred in a racist way to players’ union leader DeMaurice Smith facial features.

The team was then given additional emails on Friday that The New York Times reported Monday contained homophobic and misogynistic comments.

Gruden has apologized for the “insensitive remarks.” He was still allowed to coach on Sunday but stepped down Monday.

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