Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden seems to be throwing up all kinds of smoke screens and now has backtracked on his comments saying he wouldn't make any more trades. Before Amari Cooper was traded for a first round pick to the Dallas Cowboys Gruden said the team had no interest in trading him.
General Manager Reggie McKenzie wouldn't rule out trading Derek Carr so Gruden went ahead and told Chris Mortenson of ESPN that the Raiders were not making any more changes.
Now Gruden is making it sound like something maybe could be on the horizon saying sometimes plans change. He still doesn't see the team making any more changes but he can't completely rule it out.
“I was quoted on what I said to Chris Mortensen,” Gruden said Wednesday via Silver and Black Pride. “I don’t see us making any more trades. I didn’t see us making a trade the other day, I really didn’t. But sometimes, like I said, your plans change, whether you like it or not. You don’t know who’s going to call you and what they’re going to say. You really don’t. That goes in all phases of life. But I don’t see us making any more trades, but I’ll never say never again to anybody. If I said never to you, I’m sorry. I don’t think I did.”
It's clear the Raiders are going through a rebuild and it wouldn't be smart on their part to listen to all trade offers, including ones that might be thrown their way for Carr.
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