Mon 1/20/14 10:04 AM

New coach Jay Gruden said he will take advantage of Robert Griffin III's skills as a runner. Back in the 2011 draft, Gruden pushed for the Bengals to pass on Colin Kaepernick in favor of Andy Dalton because he wasn't "into the read-option stuff." He's since changed his tune. "I would be foolish to try to turn RG3 into a pocket passer. It would be foolish," Gruden said. "The way he is as a runner, we have to take advantage of that. He strikes fear into defensive coordinators when he runs outside. I'm going to let him be himself." By the time Week 1 rolls around, Griffin will be roughly 21 months removed from his ACL surgery. He projects to recprd far more than the 37.6 rushing yards and zero rushing touchdowns he produced in 2013.