Dennis Allen was asked on Monday if the Oakland Raiders' front office has offered any assurances he will return as head coach in 2014.

"Listen, that's not what my job is," Allen said. "My job is to try to get this team better, get this team ready to play against the Kansas City Chiefs.

"I'm not going to talk about speculation or anything like that. I'm going to worry about winning a football game this week."

The Raiders are 4-9 with three games remaining.

"We're a lot closer," Allen said. "Obviously the record doesn't say so. We all recognize that, at the end of the day, this is a production business. We understand that you are what your record says you are.

"But I also know there's a lot of areas where this football team has improved. We've got to continue to improve in those areas and other areas so that we're able to win football games and not come away and be disappointed."