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Jon Gruden: Cam Newton Induced "Shock and Awe"

fieryprophet

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Let's be honest, Gruden meant to put Cam on the spot with the play call... it made for good TV which is why it ended up as part of the 2 mins out of a total of 4 or 5 hours of conversation. Gruden is no fool, he knew darn well the kind of offense Cam was running at Auburn.

The fools are the ones who concluded that Cam was not smart enough to learn an NFL offense based on that play call. If you know anything about Gus Malzahn's offense, you know the play calling is kept simple to speed things up.... same reason Cam was never asked to huddle.

The real irony is that I think you will start seeing NFL offenses adopt this same approach over the next few years in terms of the no-huddle rapid play calling to put the defense on it's heels, prevent substitutions, etc, much in the same way the NFL has adopted the spread offense.

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Let's be honest, Gruden meant to put Cam on the spot with the play call... it made for good TV which is why it ended up as part of the 2 mins out of a total of 4 or 5 hours of conversation. Gruden is no fool, he knew darn well the kind of offense Cam was running at Auburn.

The fools are the ones who concluded that Cam was not smart enough to learn an NFL offense based on that play call. If you know anything about Gus Malzahn's offense, you know the play calling is kept simple to speed things up.... same reason Cam was never asked to huddle.

The real irony is that I think you will start seeing NFL offenses adopt this same approach over the next few years in terms of the no-huddle rapid play calling to put the defense on it's heels, prevent substitutions, etc, much in the same way the NFL has adopted the spread offense.

A lot of Gruden's questions on that show, he may already know the answer to it, and he may know that the player knows the answer to the question to it, and he may know that the answer may not be flattering for that player.

But when he asks the question he is looking more for how the player responds to the tough question than the answer itself. Does he make excuses, deflect blame, get defensive, etc.

plus it is good TV :)

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no offense but you aren't a super bowl winning head coach. not to be a dick, but no one really cares what you say.... in comparison to a Jon Gruden, someone who actually has football credentials.

Nope, definitely haven't won a Super Bowl... But it is validating.

No one can take it from me. Now, if u don't mind... I'm taking my ball and going to bed... See u homo's tomorrow.

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