Quote of the day

Guard Jermaine Eluemunor made instant fans with his first podium appearance at the team facility Thursday when he was funny and engaging in telling his story of moving to the United States in hopes of learning to play football.

Coach Jon Gruden wasn’t surprised by the reaction.

“He’s going to get quite a fan base,” he said of the England native who is expected to start Sunday. “He’s a really interesting person. We have a right tackle (Alex Leatherwood) that I think the man he wanted to have dinner with if he could meet anybody was Socrates.

So, Leatherwood is a deep, philosophical cat. And now we got this Eluemunor who comes from abroad, and he’s played soccer, and he’s worldly. And he’s very intelligent, and I’m not. So it’s really cool to be around these two guys. How quickly they have learned our system and how they enjoy competing and playing football.”