Las Vegas Raiders: Biggest questions that need answers this offseason

Several questions regarding the Las Vegas Raiders and their future will soon need answers, and here are the two biggest.

The Las Vegas Raiders have a chance to overcome their postseason dry spell this weekend. The team made the playoffs in 2016, but quarterback Derek Carr was injured before they began, derailing what might’ve been a special campaign. Other than that season, you’d have to rewind the tape back to the Raiders’ ill-fated Super Bowl trip in January of 2003 as the last postseason appearance.

Despite all of that, playoffs being a possibility if the team can overcome the Los Angeles Chargers, questions are looming for this organization.

Let’s face it; this has been one of the most tumultuous seasons in this organization’s history. By now, we’re all familiar with the scandals that rocked this team to its core. Losing your head coach would’ve derailed most teams’ campaigns. That’s especially true considering the loss of leadership and direction associated with Jon Gruden.

Whether you liked him or not, he was “the end all, be all” for this team.

The disaster surrounding Gruden’s e-mails was further exacerbated when Henry Ruggs III had a true lapse in judgment when he decided to get behind a car while inebriated. Not only did he kill much of the team’s offensive momentum, but more importantly, he ended his career and that of an innocent person.

These tragedies aside, the NFL is still a business first and foremost. The Raiders aren’t excluded from this truth, and while the playoffs are within reach, there are several concerns with this team. Owner Mark Davis will need to answer these concerns sooner rather than later, and who knows, if certain rumors are true, he might already be at work.