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.
14 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 14h
I respect it. The 49ers did nothing on their bye week to address the fact the ST and D have been terrible. Actually the D has only been terrible in the 4th quarter. Not like that point of the game is important or anything. Maybe they just need another couple running backs so they can milk the clock in the 4th and keep the D off the field. 4 back sets here we come.
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It's weird to not do anything on defense especially, since there's definitely a strong alternative on the staff.
ST might just be an issue of priorities and roster construction.
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96 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 14h
I do think Sorenson is getting better but he is getting wrecked by good play callers especially late in game after they see his tendencies. Wilkes was not the problem but Wilkes didn't run the D the way Shanahan wanted so he was let go.
Crazy that 49ers went from 1st in 4th Q D last year to worst. Some of that is injuries and screw ups by ST and Offense that put the D in a bad spot but clearly the rookie DC is getting taken advantage of while the veteran Wilkes knew the adjustments he had to make.
I don't think I want to watch the game against Detroit. Ben Johnson is going to pull out the backyard football plays and toast Sorenson. 49ers might need to score 40 in that one.
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I appreciate this detailed take.
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Thanks, Dog
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