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Head coach Jon Gruden and new GM Mike Mayock don’t know who they can trust"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Kansas City Chiefs NewsOpen ThreadsFull ArchiveLibrary Community GuidelinesContact InformationOdds Shop About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Report: The Raiders are obsessing over security prior to this week’s NFL draftNew Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys Stitched ,30commentsHead coach Jon Gruden and new GM Mike Mayock don’t know who they can trustCDTShareTweetShareShareReport: The Raiders are obsessing over security prior to this week’s NFL draftKirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsOn Friday afternoons in April, sometimes it can get a little slow for national NFL reporters.A week ago on Friday, many of them whiled away their afternoon on Twitter, comparing notes on how they get annoyed when the person in front of them on an airliner reclines their seat.But on Friday, they were tweeting about a report out of Oakland that started with NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport.In some ways, this wasn’t eyebrow-raising news.In other ways, it was.On a segment of NFL Network’s Up To The Minute, Rapoport acknowledged it isn’t uncommon for NFL offices to be pretty empty on Easter weekend, but said that what made this unusual was the lack of trust Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden and new general manager Mike Mayock have in their scouting department.“Mike Mayock does not know who he can trust with his draft secrets,” Mayock explained.“He does not know who he can talk to or who he can confide in — and it is no surprise that there is going to be some significant turnover in the scouting department for the Raiders after the draft.”The last part is certainly true.As Las Vegas Review-Journal Raiders beat writer Michael Gehlken noted (yes, Las Vegas newspapers already have Raiders beat writers) this is not an uncommon situation for new NFL GMs.Kansas City Chiefs fans will recall that John Dorsey was in a similar situation when he arrived in January 2013.He had to depend on the scouting department hired by his predecessor Scott Pioli for the 2013 NFL draft Rashad Fenton Jersey nfl draft , and brought in some of his people for the following season.Still... there’s something about this report about Mayock’s lack of trust in his scouting department that seems a little... off — especially after his daughter Leigh Mayock joined the Twitter conversation among the NFL reporters.First, how can you not love Leigh Mayock for this response?But it does bring up another question: does Mayock take his draft binder to the bathroom because he doesn’t trust his own family with it, or because he is so obsessive about the upcoming draft he can’t stop thinking about it — even when there is... uhh... other business at hand?In Mayock’s defense, if there’s a draft to obsess over, this one is probably it.Not only will it be the longtime draft guru’s first time in a GM chair on draft day, there is much at stake.The Raiders will have eight picks — including pick 4, pick 24 and pick 27 in the first round — and it’s not unreasonable to think they could be planning something big.That’s the point ESPN’s Bill Barnwell brought to the Twitter conversation on Friday afternoon.But it was NFL.com senior analyst Gil Brandt — who had been an NFL personnel executive for two decades before Chiefs general manager Brett Veach was even born — who got the last word during Friday afternoon’s NFL reporter Twitter klatch with an old-school solution to Mayock’s problem.The NFL Draft begins Thursday night.On Friday afternoon, these folks will all have other things to discuss. The Seahawks may turn to a corner-by-committee strategy to replace Justin Coleman as their nickel back this season.Coleman signed a four-year deal with the Detroit Lions in free agency after serving as Seattle's slot cornerback for the last two seasons. He had played more than two-thirds of the team's defensive snaps in 2018 as the Seahawks used more five and six defensive back packages.Now the Seahawks don't have a single clear option to take over the role. Instead, they have four different cornerbacks vying for the job heading into the second preseason game. Akeem King, Kalan Reed, Jamar Taylor and fourth-round pick Ugo Amadi have all had a chance to show what they can do during training camp."Kalan Reed did a nice job in the game Womens Rashad Fenton Jersey , Ugo Amadi did a nice job in the game, too, in the plays that he had, and we know that Jamar Taylor and Akeem King can play there," coach Pete Carroll said. "So, we've got four guys that it's kind of hard to get their reps right, right now."Carroll indicated the job could be filled by having interchangeable pieces on a weekly basis instead of one guy in the spot full-time."There's reasons for having multiple guys," Carroll said.King was used occasionally in the role last season against bigger slot receivers. He was called upon to match up with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce in Week 16. But while King may be the right fit to match up against Kelce or bigger receivers such as Larry Fitzgerald, Reed, Taylor or Amadi may be better at covering shiftier players like Tyreek Hill or Taylor Gabriel.King and Amadi appear to be locks for the roster while Taylor, a six-year veteran Authentic Rashad Fenton Jersey , and Reed try to show they deserve spots as well."I think it's harder for the coaches to find reps," Taylor said. "I think it's hard for those guys to figure out how they want to do it. For us, it's friendly competition. I know I'm the oldest of the group so I'm always trying to help those guys figure things out. If I'm here and I'm playing, great. If I'm not, then I know I left it better than I found it and those guys will be ready to roll."Reed has been working with the first-team defense in practice recently and could get the nod again in the team's second preseason game against Minnesota on Sunday. He was the first off the bench when Seattle went to five defensive backs against the Denver Broncos on Thursday. He spent a chunk of last season on the team's practice squad before being promoted to the active roster late in the year."Just sitting out last year I was ready to hit somebody so it was exciting," said Reed, who did not dress for a game last season. "Your time is going to come so you've just got to ready when your number is called. Game day was fun finally getting a chance to strap it up again and hit someone on another team."