Silver Minings: This is one of the worst starts in Mark Davis era

We’ve seen some bad football and some bad starts to the season with Mark Davis of the owner of the Las Vegas Raiders.

But this has been one of the worst under Davis, who took over as the owner of the Raiders 14 years ago (his late father Al Davis died on this date in 2011).

And that wasn’t supposed to be the case when Davis hired Pete Carroll as the Raiders head coach earlier this year to replace Antonio Pierce, who went one and done.

But look at these numbers provided by the Associated Press:

The Raiders are 1-4 and have lost four straight games and have been beaten by double digits three times already. The rough times continue.

In other Raiders’ links:

• Playoff odds: Check out what the Raiders’ postseason odds are according to this formula.
• Pivotal time: The Raiders’ website looks at a pivotal time of the season for the squad.
• Keeping the faith: Raiders’ coach Pete Carroll is not giving up despite the tough start to the season.