Jon Gruden still won’t budge.
His broadcast partner Sean McDonough opened ESPN’s Chiefs-Titans playoff broadcast Saturday by thanking Gruden for his services to Monday Night Football and congratulating him on becoming the Raiders’ next head coach.
“Well, thank you.” Gruden said. “Nothing’s official yet, but these Chiefs fans have been on my case since we got here.”
McDonough brought up Gruden leaving the broadcast booth three times before the first quarter ended, and each time Gruden awkwardly laughed and deflected. Technically, nothing is official until Gruden signs his $10-year, $100 million contract.
That contract is the most expensive and tied for the longest in NFL coaching history.