‘Madden had served the previous two years as the Oakland Raiders linebackers’ coach and when head coach John Rauch resigned to take the Bills top job, he asked Big John to shuffle off to Buffalo with him. But Al Davis had other plans. The maverick Raiders owner believed Madden was an up-and-comer, and didn’t want to lose him. So, a few weeks after Rauch departed, Davis shocked the football world by giving the head coaching job to the burly, inexperienced 32-year-old. “Rauch offered me a job with the Bills, and I seriously considered it,” Madden told me. “You wonder what would have happened had you taken that job.”’