The NFL has uncovered yet more emails involving Raiders coach Jon Gruden from 2010 through 2018 in which he used sexist, homophobic and transphobic language, according to a report from .Shortly after the Times released its report, NFL Network's and ESPN's reported that Gruden had informed his team he would resign as head coach. Gruden later released a statement confirming his resignation:Jon Gruden statement: I have resigned as Head Coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. I love the Raiders and do not want to be a distraction. Thank you to all the players, coaches, staff, and fans of Raider Nation. Im sorry, I never meant to hurt anyone. Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) MORE: League officials uncovered the emails as part of a workplace misconduct investigation into former Washington Football Team president Bruce Allen. They were not focused specifically on Gruden, who was not in the league at the time
Alexander Mattison Jersey . He had already come under fire for using an apparently racist trope against NFL Players A sociation executive director DeMaurice Smith in a 2011 email to Allen. Gruden at the time was serving as a color analyst on Monday Night Football.Gruden later attempted to walk back those comments, saying he uses the term rubber lips to call someone a liar. He apologized for those comments on Sunday, preceding the leak of further disparaging emails by le s than 24 hours.Here's everything you need to know about what Gruden said in those emails, and how the Raiders, NFL and NFLPA have responded:What did Jon Gruden say in emails?Gruden used racist, sexist, homophobic and transophobic language in the emails, which the Times reports dated from 2010 through 2018, before Gruden was hired by the Raiders for his second stint with the team. Per the Times, he often called NFL commi sioner Roger Goodell a ft and a cluele s anti football py. He also used homophobic slurs to describe NFL owners, coaches and reporters who cover the league.Gruden also reportedly exchanged emails with Allen and others that included photos of women wearing only bikini bottoms. One
Kenny Willekes Jersey photo reportedly included two Washington Football Team cheerleaders. Per the Times, Gruden and Allen also sometimes included Ed Droste, the co-founder of Hooters; Jim McVay, an executive who has run the Outback Bowl; and Nick Reader, the founder of PDQ Restaurants, in the emails.Per the Times, Droste in 2017 shared a sexist meme of a woman refereeing in the NFL, with Gruden replying, "Nice job roger."Gruden also criticized larger i sues that surfaced in or otherwise had platforms of discu sion in the league. For example, he reportedly criticized former President Barack Obama during his 2012 reelection campaign and called then-vice president Joe Biden a nervous cluele s py. Gruden reportedly also denounced the league for attempting to reduce concu sions, adding that Eric Reid who demonstrated during the playing of the national anthem as a form
Chris Doleman Jersey of protest against police brutality should be fired.MORE: In 2015, Gruden condemned a congre sional bill that attempted to force Washington to change its name from the Redskins, which many Native Americans view as a slur. Gruden received a link, also that year, detailing how players wanted Goodell to support them in efforts to promote racial equality and criminal justice reform.He needs to hide in his concu sion protocol tent, Gruden said.Gruden also singled out individuals as targets of his hateful language. That includes Caitlyn Jenner, whom Gruden mocked when she won an award in 2015 after transitioning. He also asked Allen to tell Bryan Glazer, whose family owns the Buccaneers, to perform oral sex on him. Allen reportedly responded that Glazer would take you up on that offer. Gruden coached Tampa Bay from 2002 through 2008.Gruden also targeted Michael Sam, who came out as gay before attempting an NFL career, and Smith.Michael SamPer the Times, Gruden criticized Goodell for pre suring former St. Louis Rams coach Jeff Fisher to draft "qrs." That was a reference to Sam, who came out as gay ahead of the 2014 NFL Draft and was selected with the Rams' second-to-last pick in the seventh round. He spent the 2014 season on St. Louis and Dallas' practice squads, later spending time in the CFL with the Montreal Alouettes.Prior to his resignation, Gruden coached the , Carl Na sib, who came out ahead of the 2021 season.DeMaurice SmithThe email that initially got Gruden in hot water was a 2011 email to Allen in which he used a racist trope to describe Smith:"Dumbori s Smith has lips the size of michellin (sic) tires."MORE: Jon Grudens comments after emails leakedGruden, perhaps in an attempt to soften the comments he hurled at Smith, told on Friday that the NFLPA executive director wasn't the only person he insulted in 2011 during labor disputes that led to a lockout: He said he also insulted Goodell:"I was in a bad frame of mind at the time (in 2011), and I called Roger Goodell a (expletive) in one of these emails too," he told ESPN. "They were keeping players and coaches from doing what they love with a lockout. There also were a lot of things being reported publicly about the safety of the sport that I love. I was on a mi sion with high school football (in the Tampa, Fla., area) during that time, and there were a lot of parents who were scared about letting their kids play football. It just didn't sit well with me."Gruden, speaking separately to , said he didn't remember the specifics of the email to Allen, and that he uses the term "rubber lips" to describe someone
Stephen Weatherly Jersey as a liar (a po sible explanation for his comment on the size of Smith's lips). He added that he is not racist but that his comments went too far and that he would take responsibility for them.From The Athletic:"I do know this, at that point of my life, 11 years ago or 10 years ago, I am sure I vented a little bit with my friends about certain things," Gruden told The Athletic on Friday after the email became public.I know at that time the Collective Bargaining Agreement was changing, there was a lockout going on or the threat of a lockout, if I can remember. I probably looked at (Smith) as the villain. And I was really upset. I was really upset that there was going to be a lockout. I felt that Gene Upshaw would never have allowed that to happen.I didnt feel like we were getting the truth. I refer to guys when I see them lying and I can tell theyre lying I refer to them as rubber lips. I went too far calling him the Michelin lips. I never had a blade of racism in me. I was just pi sed and used a terrible way to insult a guy.I called (Smith), I have reached out to him and I havent heard back from him yet, but I will continue to try."MORE: What Raiders, NFL have said in response to Gruden emailsRaiders"The content of an
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