Jon Gruden Makes The Necessary Move
Apologies again for this not going up on Friday, holiday craziness plus I have a new backup machine and I’m trying out a new art program (Clip Studio) so I’m all discombobulated. I made this in about ten minutes when I heard the news but never had a chance to put it up.
Honestly what to even say. Nathan Peterman found a job and of course Jon Gruden gave it to him.
I sort of admire that Gruden is clearly fully committed to the complete rebuild at this point. He gutted the team and he’s going to play the long game in his image. For better or worse, we are going to see pure, untainted Jon Gruden Football. It’s either going to eventually pay off 3 years from now or crash and burn in spectacular fashion and ruin his legacy forever.
I hope it’s the latter. Screw him for taking this gig and sticking us with the worst MNF crew in history.
This week is also going to be stupid, so expect a bunch of checkdowns. I’ll put up as many as I’m able to.
Well, this might be a justification for why there’s DEN vs. OAK on MNF tomorrow.
Just today while watching the Chiefs@Seahawks game, I was complaining about that exact point. What the heck, why didn’t they flex this game out for some other game with more possible impact to the playoff berths? Like, say, Texans@Eagles? That would have made sense now wouldn’t it? (And by the way, the world hates fun so of course the Texans lose in order to gift the Patriots a bye week. Ugh, goddamn fraud Texans) Instead we got a meaningless game between a team that’s going to fire its head coach in ten days and a team that’s committed ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS to see mad-as-a-hatter Gruden working his mad magic at the bottom of the league. Why, NFL? Why waste this primetime slot? I thought you liked money! This is gonna be the primetime game with the worst ratings all year!
Then I just realized, reading this comic, that Gruden scooped Nathan PetermINTs from the abyss. Hey, you know what, why not throw PetermINTs out there? Gruden’s INTy crap football, broadcast live on MNF which turned into crap when Gruden left the booth.
A s*** sandwich for the ages for NFL broadcasts, feat. the Denver Broncos as cameos.
Makes beautiful sense. In a way.
Now I’m all fired up for the most hilarious clown football ever. You better start PetermINTs over Carr, Gruden, or so help me I’m gonna hunt you down… (more like, gonna turn the TV off the moment I see Carr dressed up for the game)
Kinda sad that Peterman wont be playing. He’s gonna be practice squad, wont suit up, and will remain there as a spectre hanging over AJ McCarron. “Stay fit and play well or you’re gonna be known as the guy who got replaced by Nathan Peterman”.l
That would put the fear of god into me as a player. Its a tag nobody wants. “Im so bad i was replaced by Nathan Peterman”. It would end McCarron’s career.
I have an idea to fix the MNF booth… get it away from ESPN, everything they touch turns to shit these days.
Our Fantasy Football league renamed its last placed finish to the “Nathan Peterman ‘Thanks, at least you tried'” award.
Gruden now has to do the most Vegas thing possible ….. trade Derek Carr for more picks, and then sign Kaep. Essentially make this team the most controversial, and awful, franchise imaginable for next season, to guarantee another tank and get more 1st rounders for the Vegas debut.
(No im not commenting on Kaep’s value to the team as anything other than a media darling. His footballing star has diminished to the point where hes basically Josh McCown, as dependable clipboard holder at best)
At least the Raiders will become the media darlings if this happens even if they go 0-16. They should do it.
Merry Christmas, Dave and other Draw Players!
CheckDowns are cool, but no rush man. Enjoy some family time. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, and all others that may apply to you (I mean that non-offensively, if possible). And Thank you Dave, for this wonderful comic. I love it. And that hover text…..fantastic!
So how long do you think the Raiders will continue to be trash after Gruden leaves? I’d say five years, at the very least.
Maybe longer. Outside of his first year in Oakland when he drafted Charles Woodson and brought in Rich Gannon, he whiffs on almost all of his signings and draftpicks minus a few diamonds in the ruff. If history repeats itself, the Raiders may be stuck rebuilding a roster with no cornerstone players or depth.
“-either going to eventually pay off 3 years from now or crash and burn in spectacular fashion and ruin his legacy forever.”
*sweats nervously*
It….uh…..definitely crashed, burned, and ruined his legacy alright.
And Nathan Peterman was STILL on the Raiders’ roster the whole time!
Wow.
PetermINTs must have had some REALLY bad dirt on Gruden. Maybe something much worse than the dirt which made him ultimately crash and burn…