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The email scandal surrounding the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, Jon Gruden, has finally reached a critical point. Gruden has told his staff that he plans to resign as the Raiders head coach, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Media.
This news comes as a result of an information from the New York Times on Monday, October 11, which shared details of emails reviewed by the outlet that included misogynistic and homophobic comments made by Gruden.
The New York Times informó:
He denounced the emergence of women as referees, the choice of a gay player and the tolerance of players protesting during the performance of the national anthem, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
Gruden’s messages were sent to Bruce Allen, the former president of the Washington Football Team, and others while working for ESPN as an analyst during “Monday Night Football,” the weekly primetime broadcast of the sports network. In the emails, Gruden called league commissioner Roger Goodell a ‘fag’ and ‘clueless anti-football jerk’ and said Goodell shouldn’t have pressured Jeff Fisher, then Rams coach, to draft. to ‘fags’, a reference to Michael Sam, a gay player chosen by the team in 2014.
Bieniemy, possible candidate for the Raiders?
With Las Vegas looking for a new head coach by the end of the season, one has to wonder if they will look to the pool of coaches in the AFC West to select their next candidate. That is why the offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs, Eric Bieniemy, it may be an option.
Bieniemy began his coaching tenure in the NFL as running back coach for the Minnesota Vikings in 2006, according to Pro Football Reference. After five seasons in Minnesota, he opted to head to the college ranks, where he became Colorado’s offensive coordinator for the 2011 and 2012 seasons. Bieniemy then returned to the NFL and took a job as a running back coach for the Chiefs in 2013. .
After five years in that role, Bieniemy was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2018, which was the same year Patrick Mahomes was named the Chiefs’ starting quarterback. Since then, the Kansas City offense has ranked in the league’s top seven in yards and touchdowns since 2019, según Pro Football Reference.
This season, Kansas City’s offense ranks fifth in the league in points per game over five weeks of play (30.8) and third in yards per game (420.4), according to ESPN.
Time will tell if Bieniemy is a coach the Las Vegas Raiders is interested in. But many fans and media expressed their support for Bieniemy for the position on Twitter.
How are the Raiders doing?
In Week 6, the Raiders (3-2) rank third in the AFC West, behind the Los Angeles Chargers (4-1) and Denver Broncos (3-2), and above Kansas City Chiefs (2-3). However, things could change quickly in the wake of Gruden’s resignation.
After winning its first three games of the regular season, Las Vegas is in the midst of a two-game losing stream, having lost to the Chargers and Chicago Bears. As for the clashes to come, they travel to Denver to face the Broncos in Week 6 and facing the Chiefs for the first time this season in Week 10. The Raiders’ break is in Week 8, right after hosting the Philadelphia Eagles.
It is still unknown who will be the interim head coach of the Raiders. But given that this is a focus of deconcentration for the team and the Raiders were already spiraling down after starting the season 3-0, it doesn’t seem easy for the team to turn the tables easily.
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