The day after finishing the 2018 season with a dismal 4-12 record, Jon Gruden and the Raiders headed for the new year with fireworks by naming Mike Mayock the team’s new general manager. While he and Gruden have plenty of holes to fill, Mayock is walking into a dream scenario for a “personnel guy” with five first round picks in the next two years.
“Some people were asking me about what appeals to this job, and I was like, ‘what doesn’t,’” Mayock told NFL Network. “I love the head coach. They got three first round picks this year, two next year, they did a great job bringing some additional dollars into this coming year’s free agency salary cap.