Gruden attended Lions camp to support new Detroit offensive coordinator John Morton, whose first coaching job came as an assistant under Gruden with the Oakland Raiders in the late 1990s. He later worked for Gruden again during his second stint leading the Raiders in Oakland and later Las Vegas, before his resignation.

Earlier this week, Jon Gruden got the NFL world talking when he teased a potential return to the league. He has not coached since his departure from his second stint with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2021,