LBS- Gruden, who is entering his first season back in the NFL since 2008, is regarded as a quarterbacks expert. He has a complex system that takes a while to master, but it can produce great results once you do.
And good news, Raiders fans: Gruden says that Carr has been working hard all offseason and has “mastered” the offense. “I think he’s one of the best, in terms of processing information,” Gruden said of Carr, via NBC Sports Bay Area’s Scott Bair. “I think he craves new things. He wants more… ‘What do we have today? What are we doing today? What’s new? What do we got?’ He has a photographic memory. It comes so easy to him. He’s got the offense mastered more than I do.” ----- Normally I'd remain skeptical of such high praise, as the only kind of NFL offense that can be truly "mastered" in under one offseason is the kind that isn't worth being mastered, but the source must be considered here. I mean, other than approximately 87% of the broadcasts he appeared on during his time as ESPN's resident fluffer, when you have you ever heard Jon Gruden speak glowingly of quarterback play that wasn't entirely deserving of outside erections? I suppose you could argue his televised QB Camp made every prospective first round passer out to be the second coming of Christ, but now that he's approximately 5% more firable there's no way he'd continue to blow smoke in recognition of one passer who is of particular relevance to him as if he is the next Pope. If all goes well, Jon Gruden is in line to lead the Oak-Vegas Raiders for the next decade. Since there's only two-three dozen massive concerns regarding how those years turn out, I see very little benefit to him talking up the quarterback to which the success of his tenure is entirely tied as said quarterback comes off an underwhelming year. Therefore, if Derek Carr's coach, more or less, implies that he's ready to marry the playbook after a month and could redraw it from memory while blindfolded then we almost have no choice but to believe him. The liquidity of that learning curve makes next to no sense, but if the man who turned the effusive praise of any and all quarterbacks into 100 million dollars has proven anything over the years it's that he's usually right on the money with these things.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Categories
All
Archives
January 2020
|