
By John Dame (johnsdame@comcast.net)
The Oakland Raiders have requested and received permission to interview Ravens Quarterbacks Coach Hue Jackson. Jackson, 44, was previously an offensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons in 2007.
The Raiders are interviewing Jackson for an "unspecified position".
ProFootballTalk.com speculates that the position could be either head coach or offensive coordinator: "If the "unspecified position" is head coach, the Ravens had no ability to block the request. If the "unspecified position" is anything less than that, the Ravens could have said "no." It's also possible that the Raiders are ostensibly interviewing Jackson for head coach while as a practical matter eyeballing him for offensive coordinator. (It's believed that the Raiders did that at least once before, with former Bucs defensive line coach Rod Marinelli.)"