In an odd way, which is usually the path these things take, the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Raiders are in the same place, heading toward very different places. The Raiders, we have discussed. Jon Gruden was brought in to cheer up a fan base and brighten Mark Davis' local profile before he takes the enterprise to Nevada, and instead decides that the real task is team demolition and reconstruction on a time frame that pays little heed to Davis' place in Oakland.