ALAMEDA — What did you expect Jon Gruden to do?
Did you expect him — fully empowered through a 10-year, $100 million deal — to be passive?
Did you expect him to play a drawn-out game of contract chicken with a defensive player who was looking for quarterback money?
Did you expect him to merely accept the roster he inherited from a franchise that has one winning season in the last 15 years?
Because if you thought any of those things were possible, you forgot who we’re dealing with here.
This is Jon Gruden — the ultimate “football guy”.