Today, the
It's not a huge surprise. Lombardi has been involved in GM rumors for a number of teams for the last few years. The Raiders were incrediblly successful during the early part of his tenue.
He's been a media guy since he left the team in 2007, working for the
This is the third ESPN-affliated media member to get hired by a pro team in the last year. Sebastian Pruiti — a who wrote about the NBA for Grantland — got hired by the Oklahoma City Thunder. And John Hollinger, ESPN's advanced basketball stats guy, got hired by the Memphis Grizzlies.