Jon Gruden’s NFL return could be with the Pittsburgh Steelers

Jon Gruden last coached in an NFL game more than two years ago, when he lost 20-9 to the Chicago Bears on October 10, 2021.. Gruden

resigned from his position.. as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders the very next day, after an investigation into workplace misconduct by

Washington commanders revealed racist and homophobic slurs homosexuals in emails sent by Gruden..

Gruden was an NFL head coach for 15 seasons, where he went 117-112 in the regular season while going 5-5 in the playoffs.. His peak came

in 2002 when he helped the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win the Super Bowl..
One of the last wins Gruden got came against a team he could eventually join, according to one NFL insider..

The latest link between Gruden and the NFL comes from longtime Pittsburgh Steelers insider Gerry Dulac, who was asked to name some

potential replacements if the team moves on from controversial offensive coordinator Matt Canada..
While Dulac admitted that it’s probably too early to speculate on such a transaction, as any decision to fire and then hire a replacement

offensive play-caller likely wouldn’t come until the offseason.. Yet, that didn’t prevent Dulac from tossing Gruden’s name out there, noting his ties to head coach Mike Tomlin.. If Gruden did have interest in Pittsburgh’s offensive coordinator position, it shouldn’t shock anyone if Tomlin, who worked under Gruden for four seasons as the Buccaneers’ defensive backs coach, decided to hire Gruden too..

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During the 2023 NFL series, two players for the Pittsburgh Steelers were benched by their coach for kneeling during the national anthem.

On Oct. 24, 2023, SpaceXMania published an article positing that two players for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Stephon Tuitt and Derrick

Mathews, had been benched by their coach, Mike Tomlin, for kneeling during the national anthem. The article frames these moves as

uncharacteristic, both for Coach Tomlin, who they describe as being “renowned for his clear-cut coaching style and emphasis on team

unity,” and the two players, who they claim do not usually participate in “such protests.” The article read:

The site’s Facebook account also posted the article, gaining approximately 48,000 likes and more than 2,600 shares at the time of this writing. Comments on the post show an overwhelming amount of support for Coach Tomlin’s “decision,” with one user writing “not a Steelers fan, but I do support this move. Good job Coach.”

Stephon Tuitt, one of the alleged “kneelers,” publicly announced on his Twitter (which is now private) in 2020 that he will not kneel for

the national anthem, saying: “I’m not kneeling for the flag and screw anybody who have a problem with that.” According to Sports

Illustrated, this was the first time any Steelers player had ever made an official statement regarding the choice to kneel during the national anthem.