Gruden’s emails not what Raiders stand for, Mark Davis says

DENVER — Just minutes aft the Raiders had responded to a tumultuous week with a resounding 34-24 triumph implicit the Broncos, Raiders proprietor Mark Davis made wide to the Review-Journal wherever helium stood connected the insensitive emails from Jon Gruden that led the caput manager to resign.

“Listen,” Davis said extracurricular the Raiders’ locker country successful narration to Gruden’s emails, “the Raiders basal for diversity, inclusion and societal justice. We ever person and we ever will. The emails that came retired are not what we basal for. So Jon Gruden is no longer caput manager of the Raiders.

“There’s not overmuch much I tin say. All the talking heads are making up each sorts of stuff. That’s each it is. We don’t basal for it.”

The Raiders nether interim caput manager Rich Bisaccia rolled up 426 yards against Denver connected Sunday astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High, including 341 passing from backmost Derek Carr.

“It was 1 of the champion games I person seen america play successful a agelong time,” Davis said. “I thought it was fantastic. All 3 phases of the game. My emotions are that I’m excited that we looked bully and are moving towards the future.”

Gruden abruptly resigned Monday amid a firestorm of disapproval implicit discriminatory emails helium sent implicit a seven-year play betwixt 2011 and 2017. Gruden was an expert astatine the clip with ESPN, and the emails were uncovered precocious during an probe into workplace misconduct astatine the Washington Football Team.

In them, Gruden utilized a racist trope to picture NFLPA main DeMaurice Smith and utilized homophobic connection to knock NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell

The Raiders are present 4-2 and tied with the Chargers atop the AFC West.

Sports columnist Ed Graney tin beryllium reached astatine egraney@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-383-4618. Follow @edgraney connected Twitter.