How did each NFL team grade out now that the Super Bowl is over?

Oakland Raiders-D

It’s very obvious Jon Gruden took this job with the intention of blowing the entire roster to smithereens. Trading away guys like Khalil Mack and Amari Cooper acquired Oakland plenty of draft capital, but it made the team pretty dreadful in the short-term.

Truthfully, that makes the Raiders tough to evaluate. Finishing 4-12 in the AFC West clearly isn’t good, but the organization did make a somewhat intentional decision to be bad. We’re not saying the Raiders were tanking, but it’s the next-closest thing in the NFL.

Offensively, it’s hard to point to anything Oakland really did well. Derek Carr had an average season, but when Jared Cook is your top target it’s unfair to expect anything more from your quarterback. The running back group was led by Doug Martin. You can practically hear the Tampa Bay fans laughing at that notion. Clearly, the offensive talent must be upgraded in the offseason.

Dealing Mack for draft picks really put Gruden’s defense behind the eight ball. Their inability to generate any sort of pass rush allowed the group to be lit up most weeks. Giving up 29.2 points per game is going to get you a high draft pick every year.

We almost gave the Raiders a straight F, but bumped them up to a D since they seemed to lose on purpose. Oakland fans didn’t want to jump into a straight rebuild, but that’s what’s happening.