Gruden visited Detroit Lions training camp Monday in Allen Park, where his good friend and protege John Morton is the team's new offensive coordinator. Gruden reiterated his desire to return to the sidelines as a coach.

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.