Team Controversy: Mark Davis’ Decision-Making Questioned Amid…
The Las Vegas Raiders enter their Week 10 bye at 2-7. After an embarrassing blowout loss to the Cincinnati Bengals last Sunday, the Raiders fired first-year offensive coordinator Luke Getsy. Las Vegas also dismissed quarterbacks coach Rich Scangarello and offensive line coach James Cregg after the team’s fifth straight loss.
While the Raiders’ have struggled mightily on the field this season, NFL analyst and former executive Michael Lombardi believes the team’s problems stem from its leadership.
“Mark [Davis] has been very irrational. He’s made very quick decisions… He’s listened to a lot of the wrong people… They talk about the Raider way all the time, I don’t think they really operate under the Raider way,” Lombardi said on The Pat McAfee Show via NFL on ESPN.
“I think Antonio Pierce is grasping for straws here at this point because how has he made the team better from a year ago when he took over as the interim coach? … Now he’s talking about maybe starting Desmond Ridder at quarterback. I think they have more of an offensive problem than just a quarterback problem. They have an identity problem,” Lombardi added.
So what’s the plan to fix the problem? Well, Norv Turner is back. After a five-year absence from the NFL, the Raiders hired Turner to help fix their offense. This actually is doing things the Raider way in that Turner was the team’s head coach for two seasons 20 years ago. Norv’s son Scott Turner was promoted to interim offensive coordinator after the team fired Getsy. Scott joined the Raiders as their pass game coordinator last season.
