Gruden's Glossary
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2025 2:34 am
For football junkies, pretty fascinating stuff. Say what you will about Gruden, but he's an encyclopedia of football knowledge and his passion is unmatched.
To the JaMarcus reference, you don't have to change the names. You just needed to be on the website ( not here or previous versions of this site) to see that you're a candidate for ESP testing.Willmark wrote: Wed Dec 17, 2025 8:12 am The point is: replace anytime Carr is brought up by his number 1 fan? Replace the Carr’s name with Jamarcus and the reasoning is the same. “In bad situations, just needed better coaching, just needed X.”
All the while never acknowledging that yes, that was and is still is true, but doesn’t change the fact that in either players case their failings are theirs and theirs alone.
Jamarcus was likely the #2 greatest bust of all time behind Ryan Leaf.
Carr while not a bust, he is unheralded in a weird way: a slightly above average QB that helped his team stay consistently mediocre draft wise and in terms of wins. He’s closest comparison is Andy Dalton and all that entails. An average (at best to slightly above) QB who was never good enough to become elite or was never bad enough to wash out completely.
In an odd way it was likely fortunate for him he was taken by the Raiders. Anywhere else? Doubt he would have lasted as long.