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The NFL draft is next week and it seems like the Oakland Raiders, who have three first round picks, want to keep everything closely guarded.
According to a report by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport the Raiders front office so paranoid that they sent their scouts home because they “don’t know who to trust.
Gruden and Mayock in the Raiders facility on Draft Night pic.twitter.com/GQa4ZxkilN
— Kyle, a Madson (@KyleAMadson) April 19, 2019
The Internet had some funny reactions to the Raiders abrupt move.
https://twitter.com/FantasyFoxDFS/status/1119278269168345093
https://twitter.com/coachbadleyTCHS/status/1119283321605885954
https://twitter.com/NotToBeTrite/status/1119279403886891010
Gruden in the war room after sending all of his scouts home pic.twitter.com/FHH5verC72
— Grant Goldberg (@GrantGoldberg) April 19, 2019
Mayock and Gruden are running a full stealth war room. Gonna be harder to get into than Cuba #RaiderNation
— CJ (@CJE_NFL) April 19, 2019
I know someone Gruden can trust pic.twitter.com/OxiYZl68bj
— Charlotte Wilder (@TheWilderThings) April 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/DuffyCox/status/1119284236131938304
— Nate Hamilton (@DomiNateFF) April 19, 2019
Apparently, some scouts were going to be let go after the draft as part of the regime change in Oakland.
Expectation has been that much of the scouting department would be turned over post-draft. Looks like word being out there on it led Mayock, Gruden, and Co. to close ranks. https://t.co/0bks0DIBIk
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) April 19, 2019