ALAMEDA, Calif. – Tongues wagged, a fight challenge was issued and more than a few observers wondered if the Oakland Raiders would draft an electric-if-undersized playmaking quarterback.
All, really, because Raiders coach Jon Gruden praised reigning Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray … before the former Oklahoma QB chose to enter the NFL draft, and after signing with Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics.
At last month’s Senior Bowl, Gruden had merely been asked in a media session if he thought the traditional measurables for quarterbacks coming out of college were a thing of the past, what with so many smaller signal-callers experiencing success in the NFL.