One day after Davis died, the Raiders played their most emotional game in franchise history with a come from behind win at Houston.
It is now one year since Davis left, and that has been a very difficult time for the Raider Nation.
First, the Raiders, who were 7-4 and on the path to a division title, fell apart at the end of the season to finish 8-8 and missed the playoffs in 2011.
After that, the head coach, Hue Jackson, was fired despite being the engineer of an offense that was one of the most dangerous in the NFL. Jackson was the best coach in Oakland since Jon Gruden and he was let go because of the failures of a defensive coordinator, Chuck Bresnahan, who he didn't even hire.
Why was Jackson fired? Because of the general manager that was wanted so badly over the last decade since Bruce Allen left for Tampa Bay and the Raiders had a record-setting span of seven straight seasons with at least 11 losses. Remember when a group of Raiders fans bought a billboard asking Al Davis to hire a GM?
That new GM, Reggie McKenzie, is the man who took over the football operations and so far he has had to clean up a mess of a salary cap by either restructuring contracts or releasing players like Stanford Routt, Kevin Boss, Chris Johnson and Kamerion Wimbley.
No, it is not McKenzie's fault that he inherited an inflated payroll that went beyond the NFL's restrictions.
It is his fault however that he decided to fire a promising, young offensive-minded head coach because the defense didn't get the job done. Why? Because McKenzie wanted his own guy.
Enter Dennis Allen. The former defensive coordinator of the AFC West rival Denver Broncos and a defensive ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Oakland Raiders
