Reggie McKenzie has been portrayed as an emasculated executive since the moment Jon Gruden was hired.
Gruden calls the shots and McKenzie mans the phones. The NFL Network even reported a month ago that Gruden and confidants, most notably, director of football research Dave Razzano, even had their own draft boards.
McKenzie had not been available to the media for some time, but sat down with local reporters Monday following the trade of Amari Cooper to the Dallas Cowboys. I asked McKenzie about the perception Gruden is the man pulling the strings, if there were different draft boards, and if they were on the same page.