Early thoughts on Raiders hiring John Spytek as general manager

The Las Vegas Raiders have their new general manager as Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant general manager has been chosen to replace the fired Tom Telesco.

Here are some thoughts on the hiring of the 44-year-old Spytek.

He was the favorite all along:

This isn’t a shocking hire. Spytek has been considered the favorite since early in the process. He likely would have been the choice that the Raiders were able to hire Ben Johnson as coach. The Raiders’ talked to give other candidates for the job, Jon-Eric Sullivan, Sheldon White, Brandon Brown, Chad Alexander and Lance Newmark.