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Rashaan Melvin posted a http://www.raidersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-jared-cook-jersey couple tweets regarding his frustration and his playing style. During today’s Raiders press conference, Jon Gruden addressed those tweets with the following statement:Gruden is not a coach to pull punches or sugar coat his feelings when it comes to his players. He talked plenty of smack about Martavis Bryant during training camp and preseason, implying that Martavis wasn’t a reliable player. Gruden wasn’t necessarily wrong about that, but where is the line when it comes to calling out your players?Gruden’s abrasive personality may seem detrimental, but it’s gotten him job after job and his own show on ESPN working with young quarterbacks Marshawn Lynch Jersey , so it certainly works for Jon Gruden. The question is whether or not it’s going to work with this Raider team in the long run, or if Gruden is going to remake the team so thoroughly that it won’t matter anymore.The first two sentences of Gruden’s statement here are pretty clearly a slam on Melvin, as in he isn’t good enough to stick on a team and he doesn’t know what he’s doing. But the second two are softer, in that Melvin has every right to be frustrated and he is a high character guy. Just like Gruden’s comments about Bryant, those things are not mutually exclusive and may all be true.However, this is yet another example of Gruden saying something that can be taken as highly insensitive. Not that the players can’t take it Justin Ellis Jersey , but when the team is doing this poorly, maybe Gruden should rethink sticking his foot in his mouth every five minutes. Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield made the first start of his career today, in a 45-42 loss to the Raiders. A score like that sounds like a game when the offense played well but the defense didn’t hold up its end of the bargain, but that’s not how Mayfield saw it.Mayfield said after the game that his own four turnovers — two interceptions and two lost fumbles — were the reason the Raiders put so many points on the board.“I feel bad for our defense. We gave the Raiders a chance on offense too many times,” Mayfield said. “Our defense played well, we just gave them the ball on our side of the field too many times.”Mayfield is partially right: Those turnovers did put the Browns’ defense’s backs against the wall. But it wasn’t Mayfield’s fault that the Browns gave up 437 passing yards to Raiders quarterback Derek Carr Cheap Leon Hall Jersey , and 130 rushing yards to Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch. The Browns’ defense deserves plenty of blame, even if it speaks well for Mayfield as a leader that he wanted to take the blame on himself.