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...
five good progress seen special
It comes down to a lot of things, really. Are you going to keep five or six? What can they do on special teams? We do feel pretty good about the progress we've seen in these young guys.
ball finds giving guy matter reasons run special time
Giving the ball to a guy 25-to-30 times, if they are going to get 140 or 150 yards, there is going to be a long run in there somewhere, ... That's one of the reasons we keep giving the ball to the same guy because we think he is special and it's just a matter of time before he finds a way.
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He's played pretty good in the two games. He's had a steady training camp, ... He's become a more versatile member of our receiving corps. He's not one-dimensional. He can play flanker, split end or in the slot in our three wides or four wides. I think he has a chance to be on our special teams. He's made a run at it.
attach games meaning might simply special talk talking team teams thinks time trying win
He thinks every time I talk to the team I'm talking about him, and that's simply not true. Like I'm talking to one guy. Give me a break. I might be talking about some special teams guy. He can take anything I've said and try to attach his own meaning to it, but I know I was trying to win games and make it work.
credit days great guy happy hard proud special
I'm really happy for him, proud of him. It's a credit to him and his hard work. This guy is a special talent, a special kid. Hopefully, he's got a lot more great days ahead.
football good guy pass player special teams
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.
accident believe
This should in no way symbolize what he is all about. That was an accident -- I believe 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.
putting situations
We wouldn't be putting him in these situations if we didn't know he could do it,
inside tremendous williams
We think Williams is going to be a tremendous inside runner.
best eyes hard listen next open players
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.
running
There is running room. We, as a whole, just have to keep pushing.
ball five gave last obviously promise week year
We gave him the ball in week five last year so we obviously thought he showed promise and improvement,