- May 21, 2026
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Jon Gruden wants to work play-by-play on an NFL broadcast. And he will.
Appearing on WDAE in Tampa, Ira Kaufman said Gruden will handle play-by-play duties for an NFL preseason game "in about a month."
Kaufman offered no further details as to the date, the teams, or whether it'll be a full game or part of a game.
“I want to be play-by-play," Gruden recently said on The Ira Kaufman Podcast. "You know, Frank Gifford, he transitioned into the play-by-play role. I would like to transition. I had nine years of watching these guys — [Mike] Tirico. And I’d like to give that a shot, man."
The assignment comes at a time when Gruden has active civil litigation against the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell over the events that led to Gruden's forced resignation from the Raiders during the 2021 season. Emails Gruden had sent and received while working for ESPN had made their way into thousands of documents collected during the first investigation of the Washington franchise.
Someone leaked those emails, which contained various forms of problematic content, to the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. After the first leak, Gruden did not resign. After the second, he did.
Appearing on WDAE in Tampa, Ira Kaufman said Gruden will handle play-by-play duties for an NFL preseason game "in about a month."
Kaufman offered no further details as to the date, the teams, or whether it'll be a full game or part of a game.
“I want to be play-by-play," Gruden recently said on The Ira Kaufman Podcast. "You know, Frank Gifford, he transitioned into the play-by-play role. I would like to transition. I had nine years of watching these guys — [Mike] Tirico. And I’d like to give that a shot, man."
The assignment comes at a time when Gruden has active civil litigation against the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell over the events that led to Gruden's forced resignation from the Raiders during the 2021 season. Emails Gruden had sent and received while working for ESPN had made their way into thousands of documents collected during the first investigation of the Washington franchise.
Someone leaked those emails, which contained various forms of problematic content, to the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. After the first leak, Gruden did not resign. After the second, he did.