Yes, it will be interesting to have Jon Gruden back in a broadcast booth. Assuming he\u2019s not the same Jon Gruden who was trying not to burn bridges during the eight years he spent at ESPN.<\/p>\n
Unfiltered Gruden is the best Gruden. And he left the filter home when recently discussing the state of the game with Cam Heyward.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m worried about the game to be honest with you,\u201d Gruden said regarding the state of quarterback play, via Nate Brinkerhoff of USA Today. \u201cA lot of people think the game is evolving. I think the game is dissolving<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Gruden blames it on communication, or lack thereof.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re just not communicating,\u201d Gruden said. \u201cI always use these three letters \u2018RCE.\u2019 You got to recognize the defense, recognize the coverage, and then you start to communicate. You can change the play, you can stay with the play, but you got to be a great communicator. And if you can recognize defenses, communicate what you want to do, you got a chance to execute.\u201d<\/p>\n That process requires time to read the defense and react accordingly.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you just run up to the line of scrimmage, clap your hands, and hope for the best,\u201d Gruden said. \u201cI can\u2019t take all these RPO bubble screens and high turbo tempo offenses with six false starts a game and no communication. . . . I\u2019d rather slam my hand in a car door than watch some of this.\u201d<\/p>\n As Gruden sees it, the problem isn\u2019t at the professional level. It\u2019s at the college level.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of these guys are on four or five different colleges,\u201d Gruden said. \u201cI mean they transfer from one college to another. There\u2019s no continuity and you know repetition is the mother of learning. You had to get into the same stance, do the same drills and the same defense for a period of years. And that\u2019s how you master the techniques.\u201d<\/p>\n