At the end of this season, the Las Vegas Raiders will hire a new head coach. even if the team is led to the postseason by Antonio Pierce. In light of this, there are reports circulating that Mark Davis would be open to bringing Jon Gruden back to Las Vegas.
Remember that these are currently just rumors. But according to Hondo Carpenter of Sports Illustrated, the Raiders owner could genuinely want Gruden to return to the position as head coach. On The Las Vegas Raiders Insider Podcast, he discussed what he has heard from people in the league.
“I’m going to tell you, a lot of people think that Mark Davis would love to have Jon Gruden return because he trusts him more than Tom Brady and Jim Gray combined. I’m getting word from a number of folks in the league that the NFL would obediently go back and rehire Jon if he were to drop his case. Everyone is always bringing up Jon Gruden.
Carpenter feels confident that the NFL’s current case against Jon Gruden will not end well. If so, Gruden’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit could benefit the Raiders if he decides to come back.
Many individuals think that Roger Goodell will be fired by Jon Gruden’s lawsuit, which will also make a lot of people look bad. Given that Nevada courts are still in favor of [Gruden’s lawsuit] and that it will soon go to potential discovery, you can bet that Jon will be able to ask any questions he wants throughout that process. It need not even be about him. Jon Gruden is aware of everyone’s whereabouts in the NFL, so he can say, “I want to talk to this owner, I want to talk to that owner, I’d like to talk to Roger Goodell, or whomever.”
It will take some time for the case between Gruden and the NFL to be resolved.
