It
was an interestingly timed revelation from Jay Gruden.
On
Tuesday, the former Bengals offensive coordinator went
on a Cincinnati sports radio show to
discuss the team’s wild-card loss to San Diego as well as the 2011
NFL draft, where the Bengals drafted Andy Dalton over Colin
Kaepernick, who went to the 49ers one pick later in the second round.
Much
of the discussion stemmed from a Cincinnati
Enquirer story several
days earlier, where Bengals owner Mike Brown stated that he wanted to
select Kaepernick, but that Gruden convinced him otherwise, noting
that Dalton “fits what I want to do.” Head coach Marvin Lewis’
role in the decision wasn’t specified and the story ended up making
both Gruden and Brown look bad after Dalton’s dud of a game (his
third straight one in the playoffs) later that afternoon.
Gruden
didn’t disagree with Brown’s recollection during the show,
explaining that he felt Dalton was most ready to start as a rookie
and that there were questions about Kaepernick’s passing accuracy.
Then
there was this statement: “I also wasn’t really into the
read-option stuff and it wasn’t really that popular at the time.”
Source:
usatoday
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