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Straight up. The Raiders by and large are viewed as a disappointment. It comes down to this. 1) Todd Downing - Downing is simply not an NFL caliber OC. He took over the reigns of a 6th ranked offense with every OC's dream in terms of personnel ...and has ultimately destroyed it. We have the largest O-Line in the league, we have the best back in the league in term of forcing missed tackles... but what do we do? Plays like this at 4:27 Downing is BENT on running the ball outside... and from shotgun (that we use 90% of the time) with Marshawn and our line that is full of maulers. Lynch is most effective between the tackles and with a head of steam and a lead blocker. Downing has removed Olawalee (FB) from our offense as he did wonders for Latavius Murray last year and is calling completely predictable plays. 1st down. Run outside with lynch. 2nd down. Same. 3rd and long Downing calls screens that EVERYONE and their mother could stop... as exampled in this last game. https://twitter.com/JoshDubowAP/status/942847638260477952 That is simply horrendous. 17 targets and less than 50 yards? That's not Crabtree's fault, that is the coordinator... which leads to the next problem. 2) Fire JDR. This guy had his moments, but the fact that he endorses Downing who is ultimately the cause in the regression on offense, is a fireable offense. JDR game after game wants to talk this rah rah bullshit of finding mojo and such... If you have a guy that fumbles THREE TIMES in one game... would you keep playing him? Bill Behlichick wouldn't. As far as the defense... Ken Norton was CLEARLY the issue that should've been dealt with a long time ago. https://twitter.com/JoshDubowAP/status/942992154518892544 That's simply incredible for the complete lack of a secondary. Irvin, Mack, Bowman, Autry and a few others have looked like the players they are under Pagano taking over. Pagano is a coach that knows his players and let's them do what they are best at. The Raiders are an average team, if Del Rio isn't removed that's not the end of the world but Downing absolutely has to go if this team wants to get better, same with our drafting. Gareon Conley, Obi Melifonwu, Eddie Vanderdoes, Jihad Ward, Shilique Calhoun are all 1st to 3rd rounders that have contributed nothing besides injuries or ineptitude. Should've taken Foster or Tredavious... or just about anyone but those two. As far as Derek Carr, he's playing hurt it's visible to see, he will bounce back next year.