Jon Gruden might be getting all the money, but Raiders General Manager Reggie McKenzie must feel pretty secure about the influence he’ll have there in the future.
According to Jim Trotter of ESPN, McKenzie turned down the chance to interview for the vacancy in Green Bay.
With Gruden getting a 10-year deal which could be worth $100 million, it would have been easy to presume he had the run of the place, and would have made any personnel man less secure.
The fact that a G.M. isn’t interested in a lateral move isn’t remarkable, but McKenzie’s roots are with the Packers.