Jon Gruden’s quixotic effort to find out who leaked the damaging emails that destroyed his coaching career will march on. Someday, at some point, we will figure out who exactly determined the contents of a boomer’s decade-old correspondence was appropriate grist for their own personal advancements.
Whether someone who isn’t Gruden cares about the results is a separate matter altogether and says a lot about the direction of the NFL moving forward.
From ESPN on Wednesday, we were provided a handy suspect list. Among the potential candidates: commissioner Roger Goodell, former Commanders owner Daniel Snyder, NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith and Colonel Mustard with the candlestick in the library. The thoroughly reported piece is well worth your time. However, it’s fair to assume that, because none of these alleged leakers raised even an ounce of surprise in any of us, the “smoking gun” proof would do little to satisfy Gruden’s (understandable) need to confront his executioner.
