ALAMEDA, Calif. -- If Jon Gruden had his druthers in the first round of the 2000 NFL draft, he would have selected either Jackson State receiver Sylvester Morris or Alabama running back Shaun Alexander at No. 17 overall.
Al Davis stepped in and took Florida State kicker Sebastian Janikowski.
Eighteen years later, Gruden has another what-if on his mind in the wake of the Oakland Raiders choosing to move on from Janikowski.
“If it was up to me, I’d bring him back,” Gruden said Wednesday at the NFL combine in Indianapolis. “But I think we’re going to move on for obvious reasons.