NFL Insider Gets Honest About Jon Gruden's Return To Coaching

It's been several years since Jon Gruden was ousted as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, but NFL owners finally seem to be softening on the idea of letting him return. But does Gruden even have a path to return to the NFL?

One insider seems to think so.

NFL insider Ian Rapoport discussed Gruden's past, present and future in an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show. Rapoport said that while Gruden might have some legal hoops to jump through, a team truly interested in hiring him would have no problem solving the issues. 

That said, he has not yet heard of teams interested in hiring Gruden as a head coach. He has, however, heard of some teams interested in him as a coordinator.

“There’s still some legal issues that need to be worked through,” Rapoport said. “Now, if somebody wants to hire him, my sense is if there would be things where everybody could get together on the legal side and figure it out and either compromise or settle it, handle it, whatever, perhaps. I’m sure there’s some interest. I haven’t heard any team particularly trying to hire him as a head coach. I did know there were some teams that thought about hiring him as a coordinator, which, would be hard to have a better hire than that as a coordinator.

“I would say, to me – as someone who likes football content, as much as football – I kind of like him where he is, to be honest. That’s just, like, selfish. He’s in a great spot. I think his stuff is really good. But I wouldn’t rule it out. I really wouldn’t.”