game the return of john gruden on the sidelines but a matchup with one of his coaching prodigies, sean mcveighs start under gruden. mcveigh was named not only the youngest head coach but the coach of the year in the entire league. wayne freedman is live with raider nation. we'll talk about the teams and xs and os coming up. we will start with mindy on the coaching matchup, that is teacher versus pupil. >> reporter: well, dan and kristen, john gruden and sean mcveigh are known for developing quarterbacks and building an offense around the quarterback strength. with cal product jared goff under the center, the rams put up 30 points in the game, the most in the nfl. their expectations this year are even

game the return of john gruden on the sidelines but a matchup with one of his coaching prodigies, sean mcveigh, who got his start under gruden. mcveigh was named not only the youngest head coach but the coach of the year in the entire league. wayne freedman is live with raider nation. we'll talk about the teams and xs and os coming up. we will start with mindy on the coaching matchup, that is teacher versus pupil. >> reporter: well, dan and kristen, john gruden and sean mcveigh are known for developing quarterbacks and building an offense around the quarterback strength. with cal product jared goff under the center, the rams put up 30 points in the game, the most in the nfl. their expectations this year are even higher. jon gruden and quarterback derek carr understand what they're up against. >> there's a bunch of stuff we've been working on this off-season that we're ready to display on monday night, and, you know, a lot of the stuff from last season as well we will continue to do and there's new stuff we are doing. >> i'm sure they have a lot of secrets up their sleeves they haven't show so

in 2008, jon gruden returned the favor, hiring sean mcveigh as an assistant to his team and tampa bay. mcveigh, the rams' head coach and rainy nfl coach of the year. back here live at the coliseum, derek carr has made his way on field for some pregame warm- ups. we are still close to two hours from kickoff. a lot of hurry up and wait until then. you can really feel the buzz in the parking lot. tailgate central. going to be a packed house. and , too, former l.a. area rivals, raiders and rams. >> i remember when joe gibbs was the coach of the washington redskins. he left football and became a race car owner. and, he came back, i'm guessing, 10 days later. it just wasn't the same. the coach for the raiders now, jon gruden, has been gone for 17 seasons. has football passed him by or no? >> remember, he has been gone from here for 17 seasons. he has only been out of coaching about 10. he spent that time as an analyst on espn. he has been constantly watching film and tape. you know the cornerback camp, which had jared goff and derek carr participating in. so, it's not like he was on pluto,

a lot of really good history between john bruton and sean mcveigh and the families.ack to 1970 in fact. john mcveigh, sean's grandfather hired jim gruden, jon's dad as an assistant coach at the university of dayton. the families have been close ever since. in 2008, john gruden hired sean mcveigh to his first nfl coaching job in tampa bay. it was essentially a secretarial role. but as gruden says, before he knew it, but he was out there coaching up the wide receivers. the rest was history. gruden also goes back away with rams qb jared goff who went to high school in marin catholic in college at cal. you might be familiar with the gruden quarterback camp segment he did at us -- espn. golf was one of his star pupils prior to his rookie season in 2016. the experience definitely resonated with the young quarterback. >> you get a chance to go on that show was really cool for me and a cool experience that john was great to me. i learned a lot from him. i learned a little bit about protections and whatnot in the time i spent with him. i learned about his passion for the game

sean mcveigh was asked about kevin durant and his comment. >> kevin durant posted something on instagramthat aaron donald was a great athlete, could you see kevin durant fitting the team? bigger he would be dangerous the red zone on those jump balls, if you want to do that, we will welcome him, he can kick with us anytime he wants. >> tongue-in-cheek, humoring that question by even answering in. >>> meanwhile, that point of the night were we must check this out. minor league championship game between the durham bulls and the red birds, a sprinkle system on a timer. i love when that happens, it was delayed about 10 minutes before they finally got underway, you've got to see this play, you will appreciate it in slow motion, steven matz, the mets, the behind the back grab, but turns it from his keister into a double play.>>> veteran catcher francisco cervelli, they beat on this ball, but the rookie comes and says i've got to, look at the look that he gives them. [ laughter ] giving that youngster, get out of my way, it's my ball, don't mess with me, kids going the veterans have a laugh late