The Las Vegas Raiders have had to overcome a challenging offseason just as the other 31 teams in the NFL. Head coach Jon Gruden has been meeting with his staff and his players remotely, making use of Zoom technology to address any plans.

“We just got done with a two-hour meeting with the guys,” Gruden told Jerry McDonald of the San Jose Mercury News. “Now we’re getting ready for our next meeting. We Zoom and we Zoom and we Zoom. To be honest I’ve just been low key. I’m not saying much. Football is kind of not as important right now to anybody given the circumstances. So I’ve just kind of been under the radar trying to get my team ready to go, get our coaches ready to go and try to be respectful of the rules. All of these rules. It’s nuts.”

There is no manual for how to handle an offseason through a global pandemic. Gruden has tried to keep meetings light, segment his Zoom calls with different groups throughout the team, and keep them brief, yet constant.

“It’s important that we try to keep things as normal as possible when it comes to football,” said Gruden. “We still have to teach a lot of new players our system and we still have to try and bring a lot of new people together and form some camaraderie some how, some way. It’s hard to do. It’s challenging. We’ve got to try to be as creative as possible and that’s what we’re doing. We probably spend more time preparing for the meetings than we’ve ever done before. We’ve learned a lot about technology, we feel like we’re on the cutting edge of utilizing it.”

Football and technology have integrated well over time, despite facing some resistance from purists. Whether it's the armband playbook, sensors in helmets for playcalling, or using iPads to draw out plays for players on the sidelines — they've gone hand in hand.

Gruden and most of the coaches around the league are trying to navigate unprecedented water, looking not for perfection, but some level of stability.

The relocation from Oakland to Las Vegas was a handful in itself, though it all could be worth the while if the NFL can start in time to make all of this seem like a distant memory.