The Las Vegas team announced the hiring of Gus Bradley, but mistakenly posted a photo of Ken Whisenhunt
Las Vegas Raiders have named a Gus Bradley its new defensive coordinator, the team announced this Tuesday.
Bradley, A former head coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars for four seasons, from 2013 to 2016, he was recently defensive coordinator for Los Angeles Chargers in the last four campaigns.
The team announced the hiring via Twitter using a photograph of the former offensive coordinator of the Chargers, Ken Whisenhunt, But they quickly deleted the post to correct their mistake.
😳 What happened here, @Raiders?
the #RaiderNation announced the hiring of Gus Bradley as their defensive coordinator, but …
First they put the photo of Ken Whisenhunt! 😶#NFLxESPN https://t.co/fOh6rFimob pic.twitter.com/W3FWIwBv4t
– NFLLive_esp (@NFLLive_esp) January 12, 2021
Bradley replaces the defensive coordinator Paul Guenther, Who was fired by the head coach Jon Gruden towards the end of the 2020 season. The coach of the offensive line, Rod Marinelli, Took over as interim defensive coordinator to end the season. Guenther came to the Raiders from the hand of Gruden when he took over as head coach in 2018, his second term in charge of the franchise.
the Raiders they finished with a 7-9 mark and out of the postseason. This is the third consecutive season that las Vegas fails to qualify for the playoffs under the command of Gruden since his return as head coach of the franchise, and fourth season in the thread in total.
the Raiders played in 2020 his first season in las Vegas, After moving from the city of Oakland, Where they had been since the 1995 campaign.