Jon Gruden helping Derek Carr get settled in Saints offense: report
Jon Gruden reportedly resurfaced with an NFL workforce final week greater than a 12 months after the backlash from an electronic mail leak compelled him to step down as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.
Gruden is helping Derek Carr get acquainted with the Saints’ offense below head coach Dennis Allen, who served below the previous head coach whereas the 2 have been with Las Vegas, in line with NOLA.com.
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Raiders head coach Jon Gruden runs off the sphere for halftime through the Chicago Bears sport on Oct. 10, 2021, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service by way of Getty Images)
The Raiders ran a West Coast offense when Gruden was the top coach. Carr has some familiarity with it because the Saints run the same offense.
“It’s a new system, new words, [but] a lot of similarities to things that I grew up on and believe in,” Carr informed NOLA.com. “It’s still a learning curve, but not as big of a curve as it could be in a different system or a different offense.”
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Head coach Jon Gruden of the Raiders talks with quarterback Derek Carr through the Miami Dolphins sport at Allegiant Stadium on Sept. 26, 2021, in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Las Vegas launched Carr originally of the offseason. He was a second-round draft choose in 2014 and spent 9 seasons with the group. He tallied 35,222 passing yards with 217 touchdowns in that span. He’s been to the Pro Bowl 4 instances.
The Saints’ offense was stagnant final season. They completed nineteenth in yards gained and twenty second in factors scored.
Gruden resigned from the Raiders after the racist and misogynistic emails surfaced in 2021. He stated in August he was “ashamed” of them.
Head coach Jon Gruden of the Raiders talks to quarterback Derek Carr earlier than the Jacksonville Jaguars sport at RingCentral Coliseum on Dec. 15, 2019, in Oakland, California. (Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)
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“I’m ashamed about what has come about in these emails, and I’ll make no excuses for it. It’s shameful,” Gruden stated on the Little Rock Touchdown Club. “But I am a good person. I believe that. I go to church. I’ve been married for 31 years, I got three great boys, I still love football, I’ve made some mistakes, but I don’t think anybody in here hasn’t. And I just ask for forgiveness, and hopefully I get another shot.”