Remember when one of the knocks on the Oakland Raiders offense in 2017 was that former offensive coordinator Todd Downing never dialed up play-action? It was believed that when Jon Gruden took the reigns as head coach that he would utilize play fakes significantly more.
However, that wasn’t the case in 2018, as the Oakland Raiders were ranked 28th in play-action usage. The last two seasons play-action has been a foreign language in the Raiders playbook. Although, to a certain degree Gruden gets absolved since the offensive line was abysmal. The offense was also lacking in any serious threat on every level.