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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He's not probable, he's questionable. I got a little ahead of myself and I apologize. I was hoping he was probable. I said that with wishful thinking.
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This game will play into those decisions, no question about it, ... We've got a pretty good idea what we're going to do on opening day in Minnesota in terms of who the starters will be, but the competition is still pretty tight at those three spots.
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Some of those runs you will never forget. And you may never see them again. Those are the one where you say 'Oh, my God! Oh, my God!' They are runs etched in your mind forever.
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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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Obviously we are not blocking well enough, ... We're not calling the right plays. . . . We're just not getting it done right now running the football.
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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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You chart pressures, like a weather man looks for clouds and storms, ... There are formations out there that tell you that the blitz is coming. Sometimes they're more difficult to forecast than others.
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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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You want to take this seriously. This is why we play the game. This is why we play the regular season, so you get to compete for a championship. We've got a lottery ticket and we have an opportunity. Let's see what we do with it.
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He's a very fast, and a much more physical, complete linebacker now than when he was a starter a couple of years ago.
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A guy who has that criteria and history of bringing his team from behind, the fourth-down play that he made on the touchdown, made us concerned with him. But our defense played very well.
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That was the play of the game. He runs down on that and just makes an unbelievable effort. There were just a lot of things like that for us today.
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That just means that after three games, I'm making that statement. He has to back it up the rest of the season. But I'll say this about him. He's as tough as they get.
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They got after us early. We had sacks in our first five or six passes. That will knock any quarterback out of rhythm.