Jon Gruden
Jon Gruden
Jon David Grudenis an American former college football player and professional coach. He was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, winning Super Bowl XXXVII in his first year with the Buccaneers. At the time, Gruden was the youngest head coach ever to win a Super Bowl at age 39 years, 5 months and 9 days...
growing league pains playing ready work
That's the way this league is: If you are not ready to go, you are not getting out of here with anything but what you deserve. We were playing a young quarterback, and we have some growing pains that we have to work through.
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I was really impressed with the strides that he made and the poise that he showed after a horrific start, a rough start. He showed me a lot. He showed the whole league a lot.
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He really hasn't exceeded our expectations; our expectations were very high for him. He's just got it all in front of him; he's going to be a great football player.
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I am not going to use his injury as an excuse for us having 50 yards rushing in a game. We've got to block better, we've got to finish better. And if we need to explode on somebody, run over somebody, make somebody miss to make yards, that's what we've got to do,
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I don't want to sit here and review all the comments I've made to him over the time we've been together. Just know that as the head coach, I was trying to make it work. I don't want to have a soap opera. All I can tell you is in my heart, I know I did the best I can do.
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I don't want to inflate his start, or deflate it,
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I don't want to inflate his start or deflate his start. In my lifetime in the NFL, he's the best back I've ever coached.
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I don't think these two corners get enough credit. They're really good players. Kelly is a great coverage man. Barber is a very good coverage guy. They both tackle. They don't make mistakes. I love these two guys. I feel confident that they are a great duo once again.
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He's not probable, he's questionable. I got a little ahead of myself and I apologize. I was hoping he was probable. I said that with wishful thinking.
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He's got all the measurables you're looking for. He can run, he's tough, he'll tackle, he's smart, he's a leader. There's not a lot of things this guy doesn't have.
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He's made plays. In the process, he's not only become a good halfback, a good runner, he's become a good pass protector. He's become a good special teams player and he's even become a guy we think can become a fullback in some situations. So he's come a long way as a football player.
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These guys are both going to be NFL kickers, I don't think there's any question about that,
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All I can see is from the information from our doctors and Derrick doesn't feel like he's ready to go, so we'll leave it at that, ... We obviously have missed him and hope to get him back soon. There's no discrepancy. You've got to go with what the player says. If the player says he can't go, we'll listen.
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All I can say is I have the information from our doctors, and Derrick doesn't feel like he's ready to go,