The first moves of the Raiders bye-week adjustments have already happened. OC Luke Getsy, as well as their offensive line and quarterback coaches.
This had to happen, after the woeful offensive performances of the team. The run game especially has been abysmal and it's clearly due to coaching because the personnel is better than last year's o-line.
Getsy showed absolutely no ability to adapt to the defenses the team faced. His opening scripted plays often worked really well, but then the offense became completely stagnant for the remainder of the game.
It's not clear who will take over the play calling duties, or fill the other vacated roles, but the Raiders bloated coaching staff has three former play callers on it. The most likely candidate is Scott Turner.
This needs to be the first of several changes to the coaching staff. Situational game management has been atrocious, so the person filling that role needs to be relieved as well. Reports are that assistant head coach Marvin Lewis has been completely phoning it in, so he should be gone to.
The Raiders season has been over for a few weeks already and the remainder of the season needs to be about evaluating who to keep around. That should entail pairing down the largest coaching staff in the league, so we can see what Antonio Pierce does without the training wheels. This should also entail shutting down veterans like Minshew and Kolton Miller, in favor of getting a look at all the young guys on the roster.
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