Jon Gruden Players Quotations

We've added some guys who are not only good players but good leaders. They lead by example. Ike Hilliard's helped us. He's come in here and given us great leadership. Brian Griese's asserting himself with the football team. Chris Hovan's done some great things. Anthony Becht is a leader on the team.

We're going to play the regulars a little bit. They'll give way early to a lot of guys who we think are in key battles at certain positions, and guys who are young players who we think need game time.

Obviously what is being reported right now is an impasse. There are a lot of teams in similar straits that we are in, in terms of kind of waiting and hoping for the best. If no agreement is reached, I am sure there will be some very difficult decisions to be made. The players and the owners have to sort this thing out. It will take time. It is frustrating for, I think, fans and everyone.

Monte's been here and had his system in place for some time, ... It's a one-gap scheme, and they've been drafting players that fit it. We're trying to do that on offense.

He is capable of making impact plays for us. I think he's a clutch, big-time player. We can go to the playoffs and advance with him. Those are the kind of players we're looking for. He's one of those.

My opinion is just a sidebar in this certainly controversial time. We are talking about owners and players coming to an agreement. It will take time. It's frustrating for fans and everyone.

Just because I didn't work things out with Reidel Anthony and Jacquez Green and a lot of the young players that were here,

I would just like to say it is a great feeling, a great accomplishment by our team. I am very proud of them. A credit to the New Orleans Saints, they came in here under adverse circumstances, obviously, missing some key players and they competed greatly today. We hung in there and we earned our 11th victory. We look forward to continuing the season at home next week. I am really proud of our football team.

We're working to try to get a couple more players through free agency. The right players. And get ready for the draft, you know.

We're not perfect. But we'll play hard and we'll make the corrections and our players will open their eyes and listen and do the best they can to get better next week.

We're going to try to see if the front-line players are front-line players. We also want to look at the depth of our roster to make sure that we take advantage of the last evaluation for a lot of these guys. We're going to try to do it all in this game.

It would have been hard to come in here and say we're not happy with the young players. But when you look behind you, where are the players? The young players just weren't on the roster.

You've got to score points to win football games and we regret what happened here, having to send one of our key players home, but looking at it in the rearview mirror, we would do the same thing again. Hopefully Simeon comes back ready to roll and he learns from this.

Your interest level and your realistic ability to sign any of these players are two different stories. We'll look at it and see if there is anybody we can add.

They dominate everybody I've seen. They have a great package in terms of blitzes. They have high-profile players at just about every position. They have it all. They're on the cusp of being one of the great teams in football.

It's nice to have some continuity around here and build a team from within instead of compiling a nucleus of players from outside. That's challenging. The development, the persistence and the work ethic is going to pay off.

Not necessarily. We really worked hard on the draft the last couple years, being a part of it, so we know a lot of the players that are on the waiver wire from our research, ... And we know a lot about our players that didn't make this team also. Not necessarily, but familiarity can help you, you bet, when it's close.

I'm going to talk more about the players who are going to play; he's not playing. His status will be decided upon later, but he's not playing in this game, no.

I'll talk more about the players that are going to play. He's not playing,