The schedule-making elves at NFL Headquarters have put an interesting wrinkle in the Raiders’ slate this season. Oakland plays the Rams this Saturday for Preseason Week 2, and then has to play them again in short order in a regular season Week 1 Monday Night Football game. This development has Raiders coach Jon Gruden scratching his head.
“I don’t understand it honestly, I don’t,” said Gruden when asked by reporters if he’d ever done anything like this before.
When asked about his reaction to this quirk of the schedule, Gruden said, “Like I said, I’ve never seen that.