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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I think the only difference between Culpepper and Donovan McNabb is that Culpepper is like Shaquille O'Neal back there. He's really big. This guy's a freak. He's a great player clearly in the prime of his career.
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I don't even think about that really. This guy's our front-line back. He's a featured back like any other featured back, and he's going to be used like one. If he gets tired, he comes out of the game. If adversity strikes, it strikes, but this guy's wired. This guy's infrastructure is one that allows him to play a lot. That's just the way he's programmed.
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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 is capable of making impact plays for us. I think he's a clutch, big-time player. We can go to the playoffs and advance with him. Those are the kind of players we're looking for. He's one of those.
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Great running backs have a tendency to run by instinct, run by feel, and when they see the same blocking pattern three or four times, sometimes they anticipate what you are going to do the next time, ... There's some of that, and then some of that is just sheer determination, guts and talent. He is a phenomenal competitor, and he is blessed with great talent.
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He comes in here and he gives us consistency, he gives us leadership, he gives us energy and he gives us confidence that we've got a guy we can count on to go out there and make plays. We're happy to have him here.
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It's been a frustrating matter, ... but we'll keep going on with our program and let Anthony Davis and Todd Steussie play for us there.
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I was just trying to get some interpretation. I'm just a coach. I just want to know what call was made. I had to take a timeout to sort that out. The Green Bay sideline was right there, they heard it, they got the outcome of why it was ruled why it was, and I didn't.
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And I'm not saying it's final, but there's a chance that tight end Alex Smith, depending on the formation we're in on the first play, might be one of our starters. And we'll make a decision here on left guard Dan Buenning in the next couple of days.
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I think we have beaten some pretty darn good football teams and have been fairly consistent throughout the year. We've got a talented defense. We have a good running game and we are looking forward to seeing what we can do. Every year there are dark horses that jump onto the scene.
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I look at Charles as a football player. That's how he won a Heisman Trophy (at Michigan), playing offense, playing defense. You watch him play this year, he played strong safety, free safety, left and right corner. He's a football player.
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I'll talk more about the players that are going to play. He's not playing,
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The elimination of penalties on early downs and getting us in an operative down-and-distance situation will (also) help, ... We've got to drive the point home that turnovers are not part of this football team.
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He had to have his hand stitched together. I mean, jeez, calm down. Before the game, doctors were coming in there like something happened and he had to have his hand stitched up. I've heard it all, now.