Jon Gruden is one of the most respected offensive play callers in the NFL, but a staple of NFL offenses has been missing from his, the play-action pass. Through 13 weeks, Gruden’s Raiders have run the third-fewest play-action plays in the NFL.
“I just don’t believe in play-action pass against teams that are playing man-to-man coverage,” Gruden told the media on Friday. “Who are you fooling? You see a team that plays a lot of zone coverage, you fake the ball and you fool the underneath coverage and throw the ball in behind him.