I didn’t know that Jon would say things like that and put them in an email. On his ESPN morning show, Keyshawn, JWill & Max, the former Buccaneer pulled no punches when discussing Gruden: Now that at least some of Keyshawn Johnson’s feelings seem vindicated, the retired receiver again took to the ESPN airwaves to discuss his opinions on Jon Gruden. #KJM /iVu7vlJCjk- Keyshawn, JWill & Max October 12, 2021 “He’s just always been a fraud to me…from day one he’s been a used car salesman and people bought it.” reacts to Jon Gruden’s resignation from the Raiders. Johnson destroyed Gruden after he resigned as Las Vegas Raiders head coach Now, Johnson’s decade-old words seem prophetic. When more of Gruden’s emails emerged days later that included “misogynistic and homophobic language to disparage people,” according to the New York Times, Gruden resigned as the Raiders’ head coach. The year that Johnson made those comments is the same year Gruden sent the first email that came out, which referred to NFLPA president DeMaurice Smith with an offensive racial trope. ![]() Keyshawn Johnson on his feud with Jon Gruden So for me, I was happy when I got the phone call that said, ‘Hey, we’re going to deactivate you for the rest of the year.’ I was excited. But it was just something about the way I was being coached, talked to, dealt with. In fact, we had a chance to go to the playoffs. No matter we had just won a championship, and I was playing fine the year that I got deactivated, I was doing great. In 2011, Johnson described a toxic environment around Gruden’s team that he didn’t want to be a part of, per PFT: The following offseason, the team traded Johnson to the Dallas Cowboys for WR Joey Galloway. The following season, Johnson and Gruden’s relationship became so bad that the coach essentially kicked him off the team - while still paying the reciever - for the last seven games of the 2003 season. In 2002, the organization brought Jon Gruden in from the then-Oakland Raiders, and the coach led the Bucs to the franchise’s first-ever Super Bowl. During two seasons under head coach Tony Dungy, the talented team fell short, losing in the playoffs in 20. 1 overall pick Keyshawn Johnson moved on to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Keyshawn Johnson and Jon Gruden won a Super Bowl together but didn’t get along Jon Gruden and Keyshawn Johnson | Photo by Al Bello/Getty ImagesĪfter four tumultuous seasons with the New York Jets, 1996 No. Now that Gruden is out in Las Vegas following the emergence of racist, misogynistic, and homophobic emails over the course of seven years, Johnson is again talking about his issues with the coach, and it now seems like the player was in the right. The two have been at odds for years, ever since Gruden sent the pass-catcher home for the second half of the 2003 season. ![]() Former NFL wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson and disgraced Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden don’t get along.
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