ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Bruce Irvin saw Jon Gruden's quote from Sunday night, the one in which the Oakland Raiders coach talked about his team's pass-rushing fortunes in the wake of Khalil Mack being traded to the Chicago Bears.
"It's Arden Key's time," Gruden said of the rookie. "Bruce Irvin has to step up."
So Irvin, entering his seventh NFL season, approached Gruden on Monday morning.
"I just said, 'I think you got it backward,'" Irvin told ESPN.com. "'It's Bruce Irvin's time, and Arden Key's got to step up.