Gruden is the star of ESPN’s biggest property in Monday Night Football. Biggest show equals biggest money and $6.5 million is big, big money.
This also answers the lingering question about why Gruden, who is no longer a young gun at age 52 but is assumed to be a guy who misses the adrenaline rush of everything NFL, has stuck it out in the booth for seven seasons and is under contract for six more. Six-point-five million is a lot of money, a total reportedly only surpassed by six NFL coaches: Pete Carroll ($8M), Sean Payton ($8M), Bill Belichick ($7.5M), Andy Reid ($7.5M), John Harbaugh ($7M) and Tom Coughlin ($7M).
While Gruden’s contract, which is not made public, almost certainly contains out clauses should he ever get the coaching bug again, what’s not to love about life behind the microphone? He still gets to watch film and break down players, he’s still a huge part of the sport he loves and he can do it all without the unknowable stress of being an NFL head coach.
This also answers the lingering question about why Gruden, who is no longer a young gun at age 52 but is assumed to be a guy who misses the adrenaline rush of everything NFL, has stuck it out in the booth for seven seasons and is under contract for six more. Six-point-five million is a lot of money, a total reportedly only surpassed by six NFL coaches: Pete Carroll ($8M), Sean Payton ($8M), Bill Belichick ($7.5M), Andy Reid ($7.5M), John Harbaugh ($7M) and Tom Coughlin ($7M).
While Gruden’s contract, which is not made public, almost certainly contains out clauses should he ever get the coaching bug again, what’s not to love about life behind the microphone? He still gets to watch film and break down players, he’s still a huge part of the sport he loves and he can do it all without the unknowable stress of being an NFL head coach.
