Report: Concern Derek Carr won't last with Jon Gruden
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 5:08 pm
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Jon Gruden hasn't even accepted the Oakland Raiders head coaching job yet, but there is already so much speculation to the point that it will make your head spin.
The most recent report involves the Raiders $125 million quarterback Derek Carr and how he'll potentially mesh with Gruden. While you'd likely envision these two getting along great, and Carr potentially thriving under Gruden, there are apparently reports that serious concern is looming that the exact opposite could happen.
As Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio reported, a league source believes that Carr won't be able to put up with Gruden's coaching style for very long.
Per a league source, there’s a real concern that Carr won’t be able to put up with Gruden’s style for very long. Gruden will ride him and needle him and yell at him and criticize him and ride him some more. Carr will have to learn how to deal with that, or Carr won’t last.
There's no question that Gruden has an intense coaching style, which PFT Live co-host Chris Simms explained to Florio, and he broke down in his piece.
“Jon Gruden is not easy to deal with,” PFT Live co-host Chris Simms told me by phone on Thursday. “He’s in your face, he’s blunt, he’s extremely honest. At the same time, he’ll be extra hard on a quarterback if he knows the kid has talent. The quarterback has to remember it’s only because he wants him to be better and knows he can be better. . . . If he wasn’t yelling at you, that’s the bigger concern. It’s all for the greater good. It’s only going to make you a better quarterback.”
But, there's one key takeaway here that's likely getting a bit overlooked, and it's the fact that Florio consistently points to the fact that Carr may not be the one to last with Gruden, not the other way around.
Florio states that "Carr, given the way he's wired, may not make it with Gruden." He also goes on to point to Carr's fumble at the end of the loss to the Dallas Cowboys. Explaining how Gruden would react to it by letting him hear about it in a strong manner, and "if Carr can't take it, Carr won't be long for the Raiders."
Obviously, if the Raiders do wind up paying over $10 million a year to Gruden, as Football Scoop reported, then they'll be fully invested in their new coach and it would make sense that a drastic change could happen if things are clicking between Gruden and his quarterback.[/b]
Just sayin,
Its a fact Gruden loves his Veteran quarterbacks, so I want be Surprise if Carr is traded for Multiple draft picks..and maybe then go after a Vet. QB such as a Kirk cousins/HC Jay Gruden, brother to Jon. Maybe even Alex Smith... which I'm sure is done playing for the Chiefs.
Jon Gruden hasn't even accepted the Oakland Raiders head coaching job yet, but there is already so much speculation to the point that it will make your head spin.
The most recent report involves the Raiders $125 million quarterback Derek Carr and how he'll potentially mesh with Gruden. While you'd likely envision these two getting along great, and Carr potentially thriving under Gruden, there are apparently reports that serious concern is looming that the exact opposite could happen.
As Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio reported, a league source believes that Carr won't be able to put up with Gruden's coaching style for very long.
Per a league source, there’s a real concern that Carr won’t be able to put up with Gruden’s style for very long. Gruden will ride him and needle him and yell at him and criticize him and ride him some more. Carr will have to learn how to deal with that, or Carr won’t last.
There's no question that Gruden has an intense coaching style, which PFT Live co-host Chris Simms explained to Florio, and he broke down in his piece.
“Jon Gruden is not easy to deal with,” PFT Live co-host Chris Simms told me by phone on Thursday. “He’s in your face, he’s blunt, he’s extremely honest. At the same time, he’ll be extra hard on a quarterback if he knows the kid has talent. The quarterback has to remember it’s only because he wants him to be better and knows he can be better. . . . If he wasn’t yelling at you, that’s the bigger concern. It’s all for the greater good. It’s only going to make you a better quarterback.”
But, there's one key takeaway here that's likely getting a bit overlooked, and it's the fact that Florio consistently points to the fact that Carr may not be the one to last with Gruden, not the other way around.
Florio states that "Carr, given the way he's wired, may not make it with Gruden." He also goes on to point to Carr's fumble at the end of the loss to the Dallas Cowboys. Explaining how Gruden would react to it by letting him hear about it in a strong manner, and "if Carr can't take it, Carr won't be long for the Raiders."
Obviously, if the Raiders do wind up paying over $10 million a year to Gruden, as Football Scoop reported, then they'll be fully invested in their new coach and it would make sense that a drastic change could happen if things are clicking between Gruden and his quarterback.[/b]
Just sayin,
Its a fact Gruden loves his Veteran quarterbacks, so I want be Surprise if Carr is traded for Multiple draft picks..and maybe then go after a Vet. QB such as a Kirk cousins/HC Jay Gruden, brother to Jon. Maybe even Alex Smith... which I'm sure is done playing for the Chiefs.