The worst-kept secret in the NFL is that ESPN analyst Jon Gruden may be hired as the next coach of the Oakland (soon to be Las Vegas) Raiders.
“You don’t make that move with [firing] Jack Del Rio if you don’t know you can get Jon Gruden,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter said on SportsCenter on New Year’s Eve. “Jon Gruden is going to be the next coach of the Oakland Raiders.”
Gruden would become the fourth ESPN analyst in recent weeks to depart Bristol for a head coaching job, following Chip Kelly (UCLA), Aaron Boone (Yankees) and Herman Edwards (Arizona State) out the door.