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ALAMEDA — The speculation was persistent in the days after Jon Gruden was named Raiders head coach.
How would quarterback Derek Carr respond the first time Gruden made a point in coarse, unfiltered language delivered with the intensity of a thousand suns?
So far, so good.
“I think we both found it pretty amusing,” Carr said Tuesday as the Raiders began a second week of non-contact practice sessions. “If they were to sit down in a room and hear us talk and get after it, they would see we’re eerily similar.