Jon Gruden Field Quotations

I already said we're going to do all we can. You have to understand what the playing field is. With no extension in place, what are the dimensions of the field that we are playing on? So I can't really speculate or comment further than we will, hopefully, find out what the playing field is and I will assure everyone that we will do everything we can to keep those two guys here. Once again, it is a difficult time. A lot of us are uneasy. Some of us are uneasy to start with.

It was very scarily familiar to me, ... You know, a missed field goal, a missed extra point costs you games. I'm sure they're sick about that today. If you're going to finish last in field goal accuracy, you're not going to win many games.

I'm really excited with our ability to make field goals. Hopefully that's a winning edge for us this season.

I'll say this. He's as tough as they get. He was limited on the practice field (during the week), but the look in his eye is going to give our offensive football team a chance every Sunday. I believe that.

It still ticks me off. I've never seen a fake punt in the Senior Bowl. It blew my mind. We were going to have a hell of a game and win. They faked a punt and they blocked a field goal, and you're not supposed to do either of them.

There's a lot of decisions you need to make. Can I return this? Should I fair catch it? Should I let it roll into the end zone? It requires a disciplined, aware guy who also has great instincts in open field awareness and a guy who can catch the ball and take some punishment. Obviously, we need somebody who can make somebody miss. It's a skill not many people perfect or many want to perfect.

We've got a guy named Alstott that's been known to do some damage (in short yardage). We have some deception there too now with a couple of tight ends that can not only block but get down the field and do some things.