For many Oakland Raiders fans, Super Bowl XXXVII loss against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is a sore spot and it appears that legendary Raiders wide receiver Tim Brown is questioning if his head coach might have thrown the game.
Brown while making a guest appearance on Sirius XM NFL Radio mentioned that Callahan changed his gameplan 48-hours prior to the big game and might have done that to help his friend Jon Gruden win:
"We get our game plan for victory on Monday, and the game plan says
we're gonna run the ball," Brown said. "We averaged 340 (pounds) on the
offensive line, they averaged 280 (on the defensive line). We're all
happy with that, everybody is excited."
But Brown said Callahan, now the offensive coordinator with the Dallas Cowboys, called an audible the Friday before the game, switching from a run-heavy attack to a passing one.
"We all called it sabotage ... because Callahan and Gruden were good
friends," Brown sai...
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