There were some people that defended Gruden when this went down in regard to the "Rubber lips" comment he made to I think it was Upshaw or Demaurice Smith at the time. It was a phrase that Gruden used frequently to call out anyone he thought was lying to him. Because he said it in an email to Upshaw, people took it as a racist statement. But I saw different people who knew Gruden defend him when he said that