Raiders offseason: Secondary concerns

Longtime defensive backs coach Ron Milus is renowned for his ability to develop cornerbacks and safeties.Out goes Ron Milus. In comes Chris Ash and Jason Simmons. While the Las Vegas Raiders haven’t confirmed the hires, news circulated that Ash is slated to serve as the new defensive backs coach while Simmons lands the defensive passing game coordinator role. But, again, nothing is official.

What’s clear, however, is the Raiders have quite the task of replacing Milus.

Once new Raiders head coach and general manager Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler, respectively, pursued and eventually landed Patrick Graham as defensive coordinator, the writing was on the wall for Milus. He joined the Raiders…