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...
choices develop drafts five good guys helps job program second seven six string team
It helps if you have a string of five or six or seven good drafts to develop a team. It helps when you have your draft choices on your team and in your program because guys do get better. Heck, I got better at my job in my second year.
execution good hurt lack nearly penalties year
It's not good. It has not been good at all, ... The penalties have hurt us and our lack of execution hasn't been nearly what it was a year ago. We have to get that thing going.
barber both confident corners coverage duo good great kelly love
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.
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.
added careless couple deserve errors good great guys half handled minnesota noise nose offensive second tackle
I thought those guys battled. They did some good things. Minnesota has a very good front. They've added a great nose tackle (Pat Williams) from Buffalo. ... I thought (our offensive line) handled the noise at times pretty good. I thought we had some careless errors - a couple of penalties, particularly in the second half - but those guys deserve a lot of credit.
accustomed bombs extra france good holder last process roll time
Thirty-one of 31. The last time I checked, that's pretty good. I think, too, having been in Europe, getting accustomed to a new holder is a process in itself. . . . And France is on a roll right now. These aren't just extra points. Some of these are bombs from 44-, 48-, 50-yard area. He's been good from all the hashes.
couple drops good great key
I like the way we started. It was a great first drive. A couple of key drops stymied some opportunities that we had. We are doing some good things, but we have a long way to go.
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.
capable evaluation good
If that is an evaluation of what we are capable of doing, that's a good sign. But I live a very short-term life. We have a long way to go.
competition game good minnesota opening question starters terms three tight
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.
capable evaluation good
If that's an evaluation of what we're capable of doing, ... that's a good sign.
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.
chris fine good plays
He did some good things. Chris made some fine plays today. We just didn't get enough done.
football good gut hang plenty proud
That was a real gut check. Things did not look good for a little while. We made plenty of mistakes, but we were able to hang in there, and that is what I am most proud of this football team.