NFL: Are The Oakland Raiders An Anomaly?

There are so many who believe that the Oakland Raiders are an anomaly because of the structure of the front office.

That may not be the case.

A survey of all of the front offices for the 32 NFL teams was conducted on March 24, 2010. A tally of the data was completed in several categories. There may be a few variations in the tally because all systems are dynamic— people are hired, fired, or other from day-to-day. However, the general structure usually stays the same.

In the categories of front office, head coaches and assistants, offensive coaches, defensive coaches, special teams, and strength and conditioning coaches, tallies were done. Comparisons with the Oakland Raiders are listed at the end of the article.

Here is what was discovered:

• Team     F. Off.     H.C.     Off. C.     Def. C.     S. T.     S.and C.
• Bills       6            1         7            6             2          2
• Dolphins 8            2         7            4             2          2
• Patriots  8            2         5           5              2          2
• Jets      9             2        6            6              2         3
• Ravens  8             2        10          7              1         2
• Bengals  6             2       6            5              2         2
• Browns  12            2       6            5              x         3
• Steelers 7             2       7            4              2         1
• Texans  9             2        9           6              1         3
• Colts     8             1        9           6              1         2
• Jaguars 7              1        9           6              2         2
• Titans   7              3        8           4             2         x
• Broncos 6              1        8          7              2         2
• Chiefs   9              2        6          6              1         2
• Raiders  6              1        8          5              1         1
• Chargers 11           2        6          6              1         2
• Cowboys 4            2        6          4              1         1
• Giants     8            1        8          6              2         2
• Eagles     7            2        6          6              2         2
• Redskins  5            2        7          6              2         3
• Bears      8            2        7          4              2         2
• Lions      10           2        7          6              2         3
• Packers   9            2        8          6              2         2
• Vikings    9            2       13          6              3        3    x
• Falcons   7            2       7            7              2        3
• Panthers 6             2      5            6              1        1
• Saints    7             2      7            6              2        3     x
• Bucs.     8             2      8           5               x        2
• Cardinals 7             2      6           6               1       1
• Rams      7             2      5           6               2       2
• 49ers     9             1      8           7               2        2
• Seah.    8              1      9           6               2       3

Observations

1. The Chargers and the Browns have the highest number of staff members in the front office. The Browns have 12 and the Chargers have 11.

2. The Cowboys have the lowest number of staff members in the front office—with only four people.

3. The Browns and the Buccaneers do not have a special teams coach.

4. The Titans do not have a strength and conditioning coach.

5. Nine teams have three strength and conditioning coaches.

6. 17 teams have two strength and conditioning coaches.

7. 23 of the teams each have a head coach and an assistant coach.

8. The Raiders are included in the list of teams that have one head coach.

9. The Super Bowl Champion Saints have a total of 25 people on staff (front office and all coaches).

10. The Colts have a total of 27 people on staff (front office and all coaches).

11. The Oakland Raiders have a total of 22 people on staff (front office and all coaches).

Are the Oakland Raiders an anomaly?

Based on the research—it seems they are not.

More research is needed to see if there is a correlation between the number of people in the front office and the total numbers of coaches compared to the productivity of the franchise.

This is considered a preliminary perusal of the data. Many more observations can be made, and it is left to the reader to delve deeper to establish what helps make a productive and winning franchise both on and off the playing field.

Go Raiders!

Source: Wikipedia