And gruden doesn't get enough credit for the Raiders team that he beat that year.
I think most of us agree, they really should have been at least in the AFC championship the year before but were screwed over in the "tuck rule" game. Even knowing the rule at the time, as screwed up as it was, the call on the field was fumble, I STILL don't think it should have been overturned.
But thus was the beginning of Brady's luck ass golden career, helped time and again by stupid play calls, stupid clock management, missed FGs, bailed out by his defense, the list goes on.
ANyway though I don't think Gruden will ever go back to the NFL. He will be like Madden before him, call it a career early and announce for the rest of his life. I don't blame him. I'd take the millions as an announcer rather than the grind of a head coach.
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