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Raiders Straight Talk: The award nobody’s talking about — Mike Mayock as MVP exec

ALAMEDA — Brett Favre thinks Jon Gruden is in line to be the NFL coach of the year. Josh Jacobs is building a nice resume as NFL offensive rookie of the year.

And neither man would be in that position had it not been for Mike Mayock, the first-year, first-time general manager who should be the NFL executive of the year.

There are two awards for execs, one awarded by the Pro Football Writers Association and the other by the Sporting News as voted upon by NFL front office members.

Candidates include G.M. Eric DeCosta of the Baltimore Ravens, Brian Gutekunst of the Green Bay Packers, Chris Ballard of Indianapolis, John Schneider of Seattle, Rick Speilman of Minnesota and John Lynch of the 49ers.