Jon Gruden told the ESPN staff after their Saturday telecast that he has a “calling” to return to coaching and the Oakland Raiders.
“I have a calling and the football Gods are calling me one last time. I don’t want to have any regrets,” Gruden said as he fought back tears, according to Robert Kelmko of TheMMQB.com.
Gruden’s partner Sean McDonough says the production meeting with the Chiefs, in which many wondered how this would go now that he’s set to be the head coach of a division rival, included DC Bob Sutton tossing a large stack of notebooks and gameplans at Gruden as part of gag.