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Gruden's Wild Trade to the Bucs | Las Vegas Raiders News
Jon Gruden’s wild 2002 trade from the Raiders to the Buccaneers—driven by family ties and a contract dispute—set the stage for one of the most iconic coaching journeys in NFL history. Tampa Bay threw in two first-round picks, two seconds, $8 million, and tripled his salary to lure him in, despite GM pushing for a defensive coach. Gruden, who’d resurrected the Raiders, turned around the Bucs’ offense and led them to Super Bowl XXXVII just 11 months later, beating his old team and winning the Lombardi Trophy at age 39—the youngest coach to do so. He became the franchise’s all-time winningest…
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