Jon Gruden has 'a feeling' Raiders are moving to Los Angeles

Monday Night Football analyst Jon Gruden said it is “inevitable” that at least one NFL team will be playing in Los Angeles next year, and he seems to have reason to believe the Oakland Raiders will be one of them.

“I have a feeling, just being with the Raiders for a few years, that something’s going on down there,” Gruden, Oakland's coach from 1998 through 2001, said Wednesday on a conference call to preview the upcoming season.

“I have a couple of my sources down there that say it’s inevitable.”

Gruden was responding to a question in which he was asked to rank, on a scale of 1-to-10, the likelihood the MNF crew would be calling a game in Los Angeles next year.

Gruden’s broadcast partner, Mike Tirico, answered with an eight.

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Gruden responded with a “10.”

“It’s gonna happen. There is just too much going on in that Hollywood Park area,” Gruden said, referencing the piece of land purchased by St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke.

“Hopefully it works out, and they get some real enthusiasm for football in Southern California. It’s a great place for football down there.”

The Raiders, Rams and San Diego Chargers are the three teams under consideration for relocation. The Raiders and Chargers have been working together on a joint stadium project in Carson, Calif.

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