Jon Gruden Hard Quotations

We had too many penalties. One nullified a Galloway touchdown. We are not perfect, OK. But we will play hard and make the corrections, and we're going to try to get better next week.

The only way to evaluate your short-yardage offense is to work on it and see it in a game. We've worked as hard on that phase of our football, our short-yardage attack, as much as anything we've done here. With that said, we feel good about it.

We're not perfect. But we'll play hard and we'll make the corrections and our players will open their eyes and listen and do the best they can to get better next week.

It would have been hard to come in here and say we're not happy with the young players. But when you look behind you, where are the players? The young players just weren't on the roster.

I'm really happy for him, proud of him. It's a credit to him and his hard work. This guy is a special talent, a special kid. Hopefully, he's got a lot more great days ahead.

If you call plays as a coach in the NFL, it's damn hard to please anybody. If a guy comes in and says, 'You're not working hard enough to get me the damn ball,' of course I'm going to show him that we are.

Not necessarily. We really worked hard on the draft the last couple years, being a part of it, so we know a lot of the players that are on the waiver wire from our research, ... And we know a lot about our players that didn't make this team also. Not necessarily, but familiarity can help you, you bet, when it's close.

I just hope Will Heller doesn't spike one at me on Sunday. He's a great kid and he's a guy that really worked hard to get what he has, not being drafted. We regretted losing Will but unfortunately sometimes you have to make some tough decisions.

I don't know, I'd have to really look hard into the situation there. It's always a risk when you draft anybody. Some guys more than others.

And obviously work hard at getting Keenan back in here.

For a lot of guys, it'll be their last game as a Buc, ... It's a sensitive time for them and for us. There's been a lot of hard work put in by a lot of people. We're going to let a lot of these guys play again and get one more chance to shine.

It's hard to get there, hard to win it. You'd like to have three bye weeks and just be anointed Super Bowl champions. You've got a tough road. I don't care where you go or what you're schedule is. But we understand the implications of the game.