The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs have had a notable visitor with them at coaching camp this week, and Andy Reid is having fun with the corporate.
Former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden was spotted at Chiefs practice on Sunday and Monday sporting Kansas Metropolis workforce gear. Following Monday’s session, Reid was requested about having his previous good friend work with the workforce.
“He loves soccer and he and I am going means again — 30 years so we’ve recognized one another a very long time,” Reid stated, via Myles Simmons of Pro Football Talk. “So, it’s good to get him up right here. He’s all the time received good enter on issues. [He’s] very good, excellent soccer — nice soccer coach, so [I] get pleasure from having him round [and he has] nice power.”
Along with teaching towards each other within the NFL, Gruden and Reid labored collectively on Mike Holmgren’s workers with the Inexperienced Bay Packers within the Nineteen Nineties. The 2 have spoken fondly of each other on quite a few events prior to now.
There was no indication that Gruden will be part of the Chiefs in any official capability, but it surely was noteworthy for him to be so seen at an NFL workforce’s coaching camp. The 60-year-old has not labored within the NFL since 2021, when he resigned as head coach of Raiders over a leaked email scandal. Gruden later sued the NFL, claiming individuals throughout the league deliberately leaked the emails to power him out of a job. That litigation continues to be ongoing.
Gruden hung out with an NFC team final offseason, so he may be attempting to ease his means again into the NFL.