The Wise Guy

The Wise Guy is our media columnist. He majors in Jon Gruden with his signature Positively Gruden column, and has a minor in quarterback appearance.

Welcome to the 2012 regular season kickoff of “Positively Gruden,” where I break down the top praise, plaudits, and pats on the back from America’s favorite fawning former coach.  After several weeks of trolling through 3rd through 6th stringers in...

Welcome to another rendition of “Positively Gruden,” where we break down the top cheers, compliments, and commendations from America’s favorite fawning former coach.  Last night’s game against the RGIII-led Washington football te...

If you happened to read my last installment of “Positively Gruden” after last week’s Seahawks-Chargers game, you’ll remember that I was concerned about whether the former coach had enough positivity in him to give us ten solid nuggets during the P...

It was a slow week in the NFL media world, as the excitement of the NFL’s triumphant return has worn off and the realization that “oh yeah, it’s just the preseason” has set in.  If only there was a show that took a behind the scenes look at the t...

Welcome to another rendition of “Positively Gruden,” where I break down the top compliments, commendations, and congratulations from America’s favorite fawning former coach.  With Peyton Manning’s triumphant return to the Monday Night stage, my a...

Welcome to the inaugural 2014 edition of “Positively Gruden,” which chronicles the top praise, plaudits, and pontifications from America’s favorite fawning former coach.  This week’s Giants-Lions match-up had all the making of a crapfest, and sur...

Hey fellow Grudenites, it’s time for another helping of Positively Gruden, where I serve up the top 10 absurdities, hyperbole and just general weirdness that comes out of the mouth of our favorite color analyst.  After last Monday’s , Gruden returned...

I don’t know about you, but I’ve had enough of Peter King. It’s sad because I used to love him.  As one of the most, if not the most, respected journalists in the business spanning an over 20 year tenure at Sports Illustrated, King has developed...

Welcome to another rendition of “Positively Gruden,” where I break down the top plaudits, platitudes, and pontification from America’s favorite fawning former coach. This week, the Packers visited the Seahawks, in a game that featured the MVP, Aaron...