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...
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You can't come in as a seventh-round draft choice, or any kind of draft choice, never practice and expect to make this football team. It's too bad, but he's got to get himself back out here in a hurry.
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Monte's been here and had his system in place for some time, ... It's a one-gap scheme, and they've been drafting players that fit it. We're trying to do that on offense.
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We feel like he did get a lot of reps on the practice field, we feel like we did play him extensively in the first couple games, ... He's a good back. Hopefully, he catches on with another team. You can't deny the fact that No. 33 (Graham) has looked very good here. We drafted Cadillac Williams , Michael Pittman has been a productive back here, Derek Watson is still in the mix, so when you couple that with the fact that Mike Alstott is also going to play the tailback position, we felt it was good for Ian Smart to look elsewhere. Hopefully, someone else takes a look at him.
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Having all of our draft picks is something that I've learned to like.
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I don't know, I'd have to really look hard into the situation there. It's always a risk when you draft anybody. Some guys more than others.
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Not necessarily. We really worked hard on the draft the last couple years, being a part of it, so we know a lot of the players that are on the waiver wire from our research, ... And we know a lot about our players that didn't make this team also. Not necessarily, but familiarity can help you, you bet, when it's close.
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It helps if you have a string of five or six or seven good drafts to develop a team. It helps when you have your draft choices on your team and in your program because guys do get better. Heck, I got better at my job in my second year.
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You're going to be judged whether you're brought in for a pair of turf shoes or for a draft pick to perform and win games.
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This should in no way symbolize what he is all about. That was an accident -- I believe that.
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We've got to get some young guys to make our team. There haven't been many do that. I'm not being negative. I'm just being honest.
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We've got to always beat them up a little bit, make sure we keep these guys grounded.
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We wouldn't be putting him in these situations if we didn't know he could do it,
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We think Williams is going to be a tremendous inside runner.
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We're not perfect. But we'll play hard and we'll make the corrections and our players will open their eyes and listen and do the best they can to get better next week.