Reports linking Jon Gruden to a return to the Raiders are swirling as the season comes to an end and now another reports casts some doubt on Dennis Allen’s future with the organization.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reported Sunday morning that Raiders owner Mark Davis recently rejected a request from Allen to extend the contracts of assistant coaches on the last year of their deals. That doesn’t mean Allen is absolutely coaching his final games with the Raiders as the team may be keeping their options open with two weeks to go in the season, but it also doesn’t send a particularly positive vibe about Allen’s return.
Allen has been hamstrung by the need to clear out the overpriced and underperforming personnel of the final Al Davis years while also dealing with less than a full complement of draft picks because of past trades. He’s 8-22, though, and the Raiders could end the year on a six-game losing streak with matchups against the Chargers and Broncos still to come.