ALAMEDA — Welcome to your new job title, Todd Downing.
As your first regular-season act as the Raiders offensive coordinator, you get to play chess against one of the most celebrated schematic minds of all-time.
Downing is 37 years old.
Tennessee Titans defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau turns 80 on game day.
Heck, even LeBeau’s career is older than Downing. LeBeau is entering his 59th year in the NFL either as a coach or as a Hall of Fame defensive back.
The young and the old will match wits Sunday when the Raiders open the season in Nashville.