Editing Las Vegas Raiders (section)

====Return of Jon Gruden and final years in Oakland (2018–2019)====
[[File:Brock Bowers 2 (cropped).jpg|190px|right|thumb|[[Brock Bowers]] is the single-season franchise receptions leader (112).]]
On January 6, 2018, the team announced the return of [[Jon Gruden]] as head coach.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gutierrez |first=Paul |date=January 6, 2018 |title=Raiders officially name Gruden new head coach |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/21987900/jon-gruden-named-oakland-raiders-head-coach |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107050128/http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/21987900/jon-gruden-named-oakland-raiders-head-coach |archive-date=January 7, 2018 |access-date=January 7, 2018 |work=ESPN.com}}</ref> Gruden returned to the Raiders and coaching after a nine-year stint with [[ESPN]] serving as analyst for [[Monday Night Football]]. Davis, who had reportedly been wanting to hire Gruden for six years, gave Gruden a 10-year contract worth an estimated $100&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saracevic |first=Al  |date=January 9, 2018 |title=Raiders owner Mark Davis tried to hire Jon Gruden for 6 years |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/raiders/article/Raiders-owner-Mark-Davis-wanted-to-hire-Jon-12485832.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501093006/https://www.sfchronicle.com/raiders/article/Raiders-owner-Mark-Davis-wanted-to-hire-Jon-12485832.php |archive-date=May 1, 2018 |access-date=April 30, 2018 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref><ref name="c926">{{cite web | last=Ostler | first=Scott | title=tied together, for better or worse | website=San Francisco Chronicle | date=2018-09-16 | url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/ostler/article/Raiders-Carr-and-Gruden-tied-together-for-13234183.php | access-date=2024-08-10}}</ref> One of the first major moves of the second Gruden era was a blockbuster trade that sent [[Khalil Mack]] who was holding out for a new contract to the [[Chicago Bears]] for two first-round draft picks, and later sent [[Amari Cooper]] to the [[Dallas Cowboys]] for another first-round draft pick.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutierrez |first=Paul |date=2018-09-01 |title=Source: Bears give Mack record deal after trade |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24543080/chicago-bears-reach-agreement-trade-khalil-mack-oakland-raiders |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="n993">{{cite web | last=Archer | first=Todd | title=Cowboys trade 1st-round pick for Raiders' Cooper | website=ESPN.com | date=2018-10-22 | url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25055195/dallas-cowboys-trade-first-round-pick-oakland-raiders-amari-cooper | access-date=2024-07-30}}</ref> During the 2018 season the Raiders fired general manager [[Reggie McKenzie (linebacker)|Reggie McKenzie]], replacing him with [[NFL Network]]'s draft expert [[Mike Mayock]] for the 2019 season.<ref name="n968">{{cite web | last=Knoblauch | first=Austin | title=Raiders hire Mike Mayock as general manager | website=NFL.com | date=2018-12-31 | url=https://www.nfl.com/news/raiders-hire-mike-mayock-as-general-manager-0ap3000001006476 | access-date=2024-07-30}}</ref> The Raiders finished 4–12 and in last place in the AFC West for the first time since 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2018 Oakland Raiders Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees, Injury Reports |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/rai/2018.htm |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en}}</ref> The next year, in what would be the last season of the team's second tenure in Oakland, the team posted a three-game turnaround with a 7–9 record.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 Oakland Raiders Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees, Injury Reports |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/rai/2019.htm |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en}}</ref>