One of the nice aspects of Jon Gruden’s return to the Raiders has been his willingness to speak and give meaningful information to the media and fans.

On Thursday, Gruden spoke to season ticket holders on a conference call and talked about the way he wants to run the offense this year.

His comments were particularly interesting in talking about the freedom he plans to give Derek Carr:

“When Derek was at Fresno State, he called his own plays a lot of the time at the line of scrimmage in a no-huddle offense so he’s very good at recognizing coverages, recognizing blitzes.

We’ve been working extremely hard at empowering him to play a little bit like Peyton Manning played. Get us into the best run possible, get us into the best pass play possible.

But with the coach to quarterback communication, we can help him from the sidelines and from the press box. We’re going to let him have the green light to take advantage of what he sees and at the same time, we’re going to help him whenever we can.

Don’t be surprised if you see us in the no-huddle offense a little more than you’ve seen in the past.”

For those who remember, the plan last year was to give Carr more freedom in the offense and run more no huddle, but it never seemed to happen.

Hopefully Gruden is a little more serious about the idea.

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