Jay Gruden Would Really Like It If People Stopped Talking About His Weight

Even by NFL coaching standards, Jay Gruden has a lot on his plate right now.

His fanbase is fed up, his offensive line is Glad wrap in cleats, and his starting quarterback apparently had to be told by the media that he had suffered a concussion in his last game.

Last year's problems are now this year's problems for the Washington Redskins, except now Gruden is also worrying about his weight. 

This revelation comes to us via CSNmidatlantic.com (h/t NFL.com's Conor Orr), who captured some interesting remarks the Redskins head coach made while talking to the media this week about the importance of blocking the outside noise and focusing on the task at hand.

Gruden says he doesn't dwell on stories but reads a couple, and—dagnabbit—stop calling him husky!

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I listen to [the chatter] a little bit, I read some articles. I have to kind of be up to date so when I come up here I'm aware of what's going on. I really dislike the guy who called me a fat ass...I don't mind you critiquing my coaching style, but to make fun of my weight, that's unfair. I'm only 225. Jesus.

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As for the weight remark Gruden mentioned, it was possibly in reference to a line from Drew Magary's Redskins edition of "Why Your Team Sucks"—an annual series Magary writes for Deadspin roasting each NFL franchise and explaining to its fanbase why its team is a barn fire of dysfunction beneath all contempt. 

In the presumed offending line, Magary referred to Gruden as "Baby Fat." 

The line in question:

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Your coach: Jay Gruden, who is a boob. Let’s all enjoy Baby Fat’s final year as a head coach before he gets s--tcanned and spends the rest of his career as a QB coach in the ACC.

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Welp. The ACC is getting better (kind of), Jay!

And if it's any consolation, Magary went in harder on Robert Griffin III than he did on you:

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RG3 is a fake. A fraud. A clown! And he’s the only person on Earth stupid enough to not realize it. Even A-Rod is appalled by RG3’s lack of genuineness. Was he raised by Gatorade brand managers or something?

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UPDATE:

It's come to light that the "fat ass" remarks Gruden referred to in his press conference were not in reference to Drew Magary's article but rather a tirade undertaken by CBS Sports Radio's Scott Ferrall.

As reported by CBS DC's Chris Lingbach, Ferrall went on a tear after the Redskins' preseason debacle against the Detroit Lions that left Robert Griffin III with what appeared to be a head injury. 

Upset with Gruden's decision to send his first-string quarterback in after taking several big hits in a meaningless game, Ferrall let it rip:

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You just leave this guy in there to be crucified! You’re a horrible coach! That’s just all there is to it. ... It’s deplorable. It’s disgusting. It was repulsive. I do not consider [Gruden] a head coach any more in the NFL, he’s a joke. I hope you’re in your car listening to me right now, you fat a–. You are despicable because you just let that happen to your star quarterback.

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So that's the root of Gruden's peevish remarks.

He didn't mind the whole part where he was taken to task for negligently leaving his quarterback in to be crushed behind a paper mache offensive line, but he draws the line at body image remarks.

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Remember, guys: A roast is a roast.

If you can't laugh at yourself, you're taking things too seriously. And if you can't laugh at the Redskins, you're probably way too deep in the Dan Snyder zone, where reality is suspended and the only sounds are the soft rustlings of prepared statements about the team name.

Dan is on Twitter. Be nice to Jay. He's just doing what he can to get Kirk Cousins some reps.