ALAMEDA — Jon Gruden has a new sounding board, and this one just might be able to keep up with him.
Whether Mike Mayock has the goods to be an NFL general manager based on 15 years as a television analyst remains to be seen. But it does appear Gruden has someone to work with who may be as manic and obsessive as he is.
When Gruden was initially paired with G.M. Reggie McKenzie, the hope was it could be a point/counterpoint relationship. McKenzie, deliberate and methodical, would provide balance for a head coach who is prone to working an insane schedule at a hundred miles an hour.