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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It was always a square-fist-in-the-mouth type of game.
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It was the logical thing to do. The ball wasn't at the two-yard line; it was at the one. And we had previous success at the goal line (in that game). Fortunately for us it all worked out.
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It's not the greatest day of my life, winning eight games. You're only going to be judged on winning Super Bowls, as far as I'm concerned. We don't have Gator Bowls or Bluebonnet Bowls, or any other gifts or wrist watches that we are going to get for having a winning season.
injury looks takes time
It looks like it could be an injury that takes some time to heal,
degrees helped inside seeing slick weather
It made the weather a little more realistic, because it's going to be about 73 or 72 degrees inside the dome, ... We didn't have any lightning, so I thought it helped us concentrate even more, seeing as it was slick and noisy.
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It's good to have him back. He's a guy who has played a lot of football and he's a good player, so it's good to have him back out there.
good talent
It's good to have a young quarterback with that kind of talent.
gave people
Not a lot of people gave us a chance.
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Not a bad day for the rookies. Not a bad day.
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It was a collective effort, ... The offensive line, as we've said all along, is a work in progress. So far we're showing improvement.
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It was actually quite refreshing, really, to have a cooler atmosphere,
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Anytime you have your starting quarterback taken away from you with a potential knee injury, you are just very concerned,
continue
So as long as he can take it we will continue to give him those opportunities.
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As you say, the salary cap is a problem. If we wanted to get Corey Simon, we couldn't have made that happen, maybe because of the salary cap. It's not like we weren't looking at every good player that we foresee being available. But we have to be honest and realistic with what we can get done given our salary cap.