This might have been blown out of proportion. The New Orleans Saints invited Jon Gruden to attend three days of practices last week to observe their offseason program and share input on how to best tool things to their new quarterback Derek Carr — who had some of his best seasons with Gruden calling plays for him on the Las Vegas Raiders.
Of course, Gruden’s tenure with the Raiders ended in scandal when a trove of racist, sexist, and homophobic emails surfaced and led to public outcry. When asked by ESPN’s Katherine Terrell about the decision to host Gruden at the team facility and link him to New Orleans, Saints head coach Dennis Allen was blunt in discussing his motivations behind that call.
