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...
ball both good kicked outside
We got two pretty good kickers. It's a competitive situation. Both have kicked the ball off very well, and outside of the last-second desperation kick we did pretty well.
backed bit few giving holes pinned struggled
We struggled a little bit defensively, giving up some yardage. We let them get out of some holes. They were backed up a few times, and uncharacteristically, they got out of those holes and pinned us back.
analyst corner far five six tape teams telling though three top weeks
We have so far to go. Though we are 3-0 ... we look at the tape at who's on the horizon. There's an analyst on every corner that's telling you, 'Hey, you are one of the top five or six teams in the league.' Three weeks ago, we were in the 30s, you know what I mean?
brian information
We did everything we could and Brian wanted to do everything also, to get as much information as we could.
brian cast cause four hope information injury miss possibly rest six
We did everything we could, and Brian wanted to do everything also, to get as much information as we could. There was a glimmer of hope that we could put it in a cast and possibly get him back in four to six weeks. But at the end of all the research, this is an injury that's going to cause him to miss the rest of the season.
evaluate good hard offense phase work worked
The only way to evaluate your short-yardage offense is to work on it and see it in a game. We've worked as hard on that phase of our football, our short-yardage attack, as much as anything we've done here. With that said, we feel good about it.
carry clearly lives needs pointed responsibility understood
When you carry the ball, you put our lives in your hands. That's a responsibility that needs to be clearly understood and pointed out.
certainly change dramatic half season
We've got more than half the season left. We've got a dramatic change right now at quarterback. And we'll try to get much better and certainly give him much better support.
corner games helped last performance turn
His performance in the last 15 or 16 games has helped us turn the corner and at least be competitive,
board continue game goal great helped last offense season strides year
Kenyatta started every game last year and helped us make the playoffs. We made great strides on offense last season and it was our goal to keep everyone on board so that we could continue that improvement.
beaten consistent dark darn fairly football forward game good horses jump looking onto running seeing talented teams throughout year
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.
alone believe blinding coach downs game giving great head helped means passion proud talks
He's helped me get better as a head coach and he's got great energy. He's in great shape. The game means a lot to him. First downs mean a lot to him. He doesn't like giving up inches, let alone yards. He still has a blinding passion and believe me, he's very proud of his roots. I know he talks about this place all the time, and I just wanted to come back and see it with my eyes.
brink credit hanging orleans pushed
It's a credit to New Orleans for hanging in there. They really pushed us to the brink today.
dimension gives good help
I thought he did some good things. He will help our team. He gives us a dimension that we need here.