I should be clear that inasmuch as Gruden should bear responsibility for what he wrote, I'm still at unease about what has transpired. But with that said, I don't think Gruden was the target; more like collateral damage. But you can't "unknow" the things he wrote. That's why it's all relevant. For example, until yesterday Carl Nassib didn't know his coach didn't like the fact that the NFL drafted a gay person or routinely used gay slurs in his private correspondences.
But I kept the quote above to rebut the lawyers' assertion of the NFL protecting Daniel Snyder. With all the issues with WFT in recent years, nothing would please Goodell more than removing Snyder. Last August, the Wall Street Journal reported that minority owners were pressuring Snyder to sell the team--and that was well before all the shit we knew since last week. Fans also want Snyder gone. So trust me that if Snyder has any correspondence like what forced out Donald Sterling a few years ago, Goodell would easily use it to get rid of him. I don't know what exact mechanism Goodell would use, but the bottom line is Snyder is already bad for business. So unless Goodell is also personally implicated, I'm personally perplexed that anyone thinks the NFL is covering up an already embattled owner.