Five takeaways from Raiders’ Gruden-Mayock dynamic at combine

Raiders G.M. Mike Mayock (center) has been a good match so far with coach Jon Gruden (right) as owner Mark Davis looks on.Jon Gruden and Mike Mayock concluded their media obligations at the NFL Scouting Combine and can spend the rest of the weekend poring over medical records, conducting player interviews and watching workouts and drills.

Here are five things we learned Wednesday and Thursday from the media sessions from the Raiders head coach and general manager, as well as side sessions with local reporters afterward:

1) The combine will be helpful, but not as much as the Senior Bowl

Gruden and his staff ran the North team in Mobile, Alabama, which afforded the opportunity to teach actual…