Loser: HC Jon Gruden

Gruden makes the losers section for the second week in a row with another conservative performance against a team where he needs to be aggressive. Defenses are starting to catch on to Gruden’s scheme adjustments, and his play-calling has been suspect for two weeks in a row in back to back blow out losses.

The first interception of the game is basically a bad sign of Gruden becoming predictable. The Raiders have run that same sail concept several times this season and targeted Waller every play. That’s why it led to an interception with Mathieu being an intelligent player and recognizing it off the film.

Then came the horrendous play call of running a jet sweep with Trevor Davis, who fumbled earlier on a kickoff and expecting him to convert on fourth down. Just plain awful all around.

Gruden has to figure out why his receivers can’t get open and adjust his offense, or the Raiders won’t be scoring touchdowns anytime soon. Gruden came into the game running the ball a predictable 63% of the time on first down, and teams are starting to key in on the Raiders individual players out of their formations.

The NFL caught up to Gruden after he adjusted to losing Antonio Brown. Now it’s time for him to change for the last four games of the season.

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