Six days until the draft. This is fine. Everything’s fine."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Raiders StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Raiders NewsYahoo Raiders Team PageYahoo Raiders ReportYahoo Raiders Depth ChartYahoo Raiders TransactionsYahoo Raiders PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Reports of Raiders scouts sent home Derek Carr Jersey White , Gruden and Mayock ‘don’t know who to trust’New,288commentsSix days until the draft. This is fine. Everything’s fine.PDTShareTweetShareShareReports of Raiders scouts sent home, Gruden and Mayock ‘don’t know who to trust’Kirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsWe are less than a week from the start of the 2019 draft and there are reports of some pretty serious turmoil at Raiders headquarters in Alameda. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the entire scouting department has been sent home and won’t return for the draft.“They don’t know who to trust” is not a good statement. Especially after reports last year of Gruden having his own scouts and a different draft board than former GM Reggie McKenzie and his scouting department. A report Gruden did not deny outright, but downplayed it saying he has a couple guys who work for the coaches but “it doesn’t intersect with the scouting, it’s a completely different agenda.”That reported divide was thought to have been put in the past with Reggie McKenzie’s firing late last season. Though many in his scouting department remain with the team, including his brother Raleigh McKenzie.Perhaps more details on this will be revealed at some point, but regardless, this is not a positive development with less than a week until the draft with Mike Mayock in his first ever draft as an NFL GM.Update: While not knowing “who to trust” is never a good thing in a draft prep situation, it may not be unusual to clear out the scouting staff at this point.Follow @LeviDamien The Raiders need a starting guard for their first two games of the season. So Bo Jackson Jersey , they went out and got a former first round pick guard in Jonathan Cooper, whose career has been upended by injuries..." Silver & Black PridecastSilver & Black Pridecast Ep 21: Talking with Raiders opening day starting left guard Jonathan CooperNew,9commentsPDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:Silver & Black Pridecast Ep 21: Talking with Raiders opening day starting left guard Jonathan CooperTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailPhoto by Al Pereira/Getty ImagesThe Raiders need a starting guard for their first two games of the season. pick guard in Jonathan Cooper, whose career has been upended by injuries woes. “I liked Cooper coming out of college,” Gruden said of Cooper. “He reminded me of a guy, McIntyre, he was a 285-pound guard that could really move. He was an early draft pick, he’s had some freak injuries. I know the guy that coached him last year in Washington. He started 13 games in Dallas where [assistant head coach/special teams coordinator] Rich Bisaccia was. He’s a natural left guard. Incognito is out for the first two games. We need a veteran to play next to Kolton. And ‘Coop’s’ done a good job. ‘Coop’s’ a good player if he can be healthy now.”I sat down with Cooper at training camp this week to discuss his journey which has led him to his seventh NFL training camp with the Raiders.