Giants’ Darren Waller deal gets two thumbs up from the men who helped ‘joker’ become a star in Vegas

Jon Gruden remembers making the statement that caught the attention of his legendary former players, every single one of them a Hall of Famer. The soon-to-be exiled NFL head coach had just witnessed a brilliant 10-catch opening-night performance from his superstar tight end two seasons ago, and afterward declared that Darren Waller was the greatest player he had ever coached. “I got calls from Tim Brown and Jerry Rice and Derrick Brooks and all the great players that I have coached that were pissed off at me for saying it,”...