Brent Musburger calls Jon Gruden email leaks a ‘hit job’

Raiders’ vigor dependable Brent Musburger called the leaking of Jon Gruden’s emails that yet led to the coach’s resignation earlier this play a “hit job.”

The longtime broadcaster made the comments during a Wednesday interrogation connected Lotus Broadcasting’s Raider Nation Radio.

“As I told Coach, whoever took you out, that’s a paid assassin. That was 1 of the champion deed jobs that I’ve ever been around,” Musburger said of the events that led to Gruden’s ouster.

“They didn’t spell to their media goombahs. They didn’t leak this to Adam Schefter oregon 1 of those guys that breaks stories. They archetypal went to the Wall Street Journal. And erstwhile Gruden was inactive coaching aft that, past they dumped the remainder of it connected the New York Times. That was a nonrecreational deed job.”

Gruden has filed a suit against the league implicit the leaking of the emails. But Musburger said different parties who had entree to the emails due to the fact that of ineligible proceedings betwixt the Washington Football Team and a erstwhile worker could person been progressive successful the leak.

An email that included a racist trope sent by Gruden and discovered during an probe into the Washington Football Team was archetypal leaked to the Wall Street Journal connected Oct. 8.

No enactment against Gruden was taken by the Raiders, and helium coached the squad 2 days aboriginal successful a nonaccomplishment to the Bears.

The adjacent day, respective much problematic emails surfaced successful a communicative by the New York Times. Gruden announced his resignation hours later.

Interim manager Rich Bisaccia volition pb the Raiders successful a location crippled against Washington connected Sunday astatine Allegiant Stadium.

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