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...
glimpse guys
We got our first glimpse of what these guys can do wire-to-wire.
develop four guys next three
And these are guys we can develop over the next three or four years, which we haven't been able to do, really.
guys hopefully instant passing quickness running three
And with Travis Stephens, I think you see the instant quickness and acceleration he has. He's a completely different size. But those three guys are going to be a big part of the running game, and hopefully the passing game.
alex chris dan guys help michael rookie smith tackle together turn
And when you put him together with Michael Clayton and Alex Smith and Barrett Ruud and Dan Buenning and rookie tackle Chris Colmer, well, you feel you've got guys who can help you turn things around here.
alex guys mike needed team time
We've got some young guys contributing here for the first time in a long time. Guys like Mike Clayton, Carnell Williams, Alex Smith, a lot of these guys are not only playing, they're starting. So this team needed an injection of young players.
associated drives great guys waiting
That was one of the great drives I've been associated with, ... We had a lot of young guys out there and one of the all-time quarterbacks waiting for his chance. That was a great accomplishment, especially on the road.
davis glimpse grow guys hope john missed somewhat starting starts wire
We hope it can. We got our first glimpse of what these guys can do wire to wire. We've had so many of them injured, Buenning and Anthony Davis have missed starts in the preseason and John Wade has been somewhat limited. But yeah, we hope to grow offensively, starting up front.
glimpse guys hope
We hope it can grow. We got our first glimpse of what these guys can do wire-to-wire.
guys negativity proud thick
Fortunately, we've had some youngsters come in and do that, but you've got to have thick skin. You've got to take negativity for what it is. You've got to keep working, keep pushing, and I'm very proud of our guys for that.
guys
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.
beat guys sure
We've got to always beat them up a little bit, make sure we keep these guys grounded.
contract focus good gotta guys work
We've got 53 guys under contract right now. We have some closure, and we have some focus on what we need to do next. We gotta lot of good work done, and we gotta long way to go.
ball both guys honest kicked nfl situation sure trying
We're trying to keep both of these guys in a situation where they don't know for sure yet, to be honest with you. Both guys have kicked the ball well. These guys are both going to be NFL kickers.
again chance game guys hard last sensitive time work
For a lot of guys, it'll be their last game as a Buc, ... It's a sensitive time for them and for us. There's been a lot of hard work put in by a lot of people. We're going to let a lot of these guys play again and get one more chance to shine.