ALAMEDA — The Raiders were back at work Monday, heads fitting nicely into their helmets despite the swell of positive publicity in light of their 5-4 record and having tied the AFC West leading Kansas City Chiefs in the loss column.
It wasn’t so long ago that the Raiders,, coach Jon Gruden and G.M. Mike Mayock were punching bags on every network football show. The negative tone is changing. No less an authority than Deion Sanders offered his praise after the weekend results were in on the NFL Network’s Game Day Prime.
“I’m surprised, because after the Antonio Brown debacle, I thought that was going to leave them in a deficit, especially out wide,” Sanders said.