Tony Sparano won't speculate about his Raiders future (w/video)

While 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh faces questions almost daily about his long-term status, Tony Sparano has gone about his business coaching the Raiders on an interim basis without much being said in regard to where he stands.

“I kind of knew that question was going to be coming down the road here,” Sparano said Monday in his weekly, day-after-game news conference. “It’s a question for somebody else. It’s not a question for me.”

Sparano was posed the question, in part, because owner Mark Davis hasn’t said anything about the matter since Sparano was promoted to succeed fired coach Dennis Allen after four games and general manager Reggie McKenzie has turned down all interview requests this season.

Harbaugh is among a slew of candidates who has been mentioned as a potential full-time option for the Raiders next season.

Davis said the day Sparano was introduced that it’s conceivable that Sparano is the guy, but that remained to be seen.

The Raiders went 0-4 under Allen. They are 2-7 under Sparano, including wins in two of the past three games against the 7-3 Chiefs and 7-5 49ers.

“I was given a job to do several weeks ago,” Sparano said. “I’m trying to do the job the way that I know how to do the job.”

Sparano went 29-32 during a four-year stint with the Dolphins from 2008-11. He has said numerous times how much he enjoys coaching this Raiders team.

That close relationship with his players, in turn, might work in Sparano’s favor when it comes to Davis naming a full-time coach.

“I know where our players are,” Sparano said. “I know what they think. I know how they respond. I can tell by their response.

“I feel really good about where we are right now. I love this group of guys, I like coaching them and I love this team. That’s all I’ll say.”

WARY OF REPEAT

The Raiders responded to their first win of the season with their most lopsided loss in more than a half-century.

Sparano said he wants to make sure there isn’t a repeat after the Raiders won their second game by beating the 49ers 24-13 on Sunday.

Sparano gave the players the day off Monday and said when they return to practice on Wednesday the focus for the Raiders will solely be on Sunday game at Kansas City (7-6).

“We need to make sure that we just focus on us right now going into this,” Sparano said. “We need to understand and learn from what happened to us two weeks ago. Like I said, there is a reason why I said, ‘Don’t forget this feeling’ because here we are again.”

EXTRA POINTS

Sparano said he feared the worst when cornerback Tarell Brown went down with what looked like a serious leg injury in the second quarter Sunday. But Brown missed only three plays all game.

“He’s pretty tough,” Sparano said.

Sparano said he plans to talk to linebacker Sio Moore about an Instagram post that called Kaepernick a “chump.” “I need to visit with Sio, find out exactly what went on, but I know there was a lot of jawing going on out there and it wasn’t just one-sided,” Sparano said.

Josh Dubow of the Associated Press contributed to this report.