And now they’re on to Las Vegas.



Hey, give Jon Gruden, his players and the rest of the Raiders organization full credit for extending their pre-Nevada relevance this long, for making this final Oakland season as interesting as possible for as long as possible, despite their obvious flaws and all the mighty factors working against them. (Which, being the Raiders, included multiple self-inflicted agonies, of course.)



You should always leave the stage with the audience wanting more, right? And the Raiders’ 2019 adventure could’ve been much, much, much, much worse and much less entertaining than it turned out to be.



Going into Week 1, I personally thought most serious analysis of this franchise would be unnecessary and relatively useless beyond Thanksgiving or maybe a lot earlier. They had to travel too much in the first few months. They had needlessly put themselves through the Antonio Brown imbroglio all summer. They had to make their Las...