... Raiders closed the season as they had started it.  Take a 2-7 Raiders team, end with three or four wins and the real work could begin. 

A housecleaning that would see the team shopping for a coach, a quarterback, and possibly looking for another guy to earn the featured back role. 

Essentially, it would be a full purge and reset of an underachieving squad that has disappointed for seven years straight.

Instead, the team showed signs of life under Bruce Gradkowski.  The hard-working quarterback sparked wins over the Bengals and Steelers over a three-game span to bring the Raiders to life.

After he got hurt against Washington, two things became cl...

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