Quote:To say Gruden never developed a QB is ridiculous.  Can anyone name his starting QBs his first year as head coach of the Raiders?  Jeff George and Donald Hollas.  No one here has even heard of Donald Hollas.  Ie they had nobody. The next year they bring in Rich Gannon who was a career backup journeyman loser.  And within 3 years Gannon is the MVP.  of the entire NFL.

 

Now he has this TV show and he talks up all the QBs on there(as if he started bashing them they would continue to accept his invitation to be there).  And now all of a sudden because he was so nice Tim Tebow and Blaine Gabbert he now no longer has any credibility.  Gimme a break.

 

Don't get all bent out of shape.  It's not worth it. 

 

Gannon wasn't some lowly slug Gruden resurrected from the heap. Gannon took the Vikings to the post season as their starter before arriving in Oakland.  He did help Gannon achieve the most success of his career in Oakland, but I wouldn't say he developed him.  Then what?  He's been living off of that since he left the Raiders. 

 

I couldn't care less if he was nice to Tebow or Gabbert.  It's a show.  That's what he's expected to do regardless of who the QB is he's working with.  Still, he rarely nails it with his analysis of any QB because he's more prone to focus on the positive, and less likely to pick at the flaws for any of these guys. 

 

If he's gushing about Manziel, he'll do it for Bridgewater.  Same with the other QB prospects he's worked with.  I don't think Gruden is a very good evaluator of talent.  Just my opinion.

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