John Gruden Calls Shane Vereen “One of the best receiving black backs in football”

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If you were listening closely during Monday Night Football’s Giants vs Eagles Broadcast, you may have heard something a little odd out of the mouth of Jon Gruden.

Gruden called backup Giants running back Shane Vereen “one of the best receiving black backs in football.”

The racial equivalent of a Freudian slip did not go unnoticed on social media. Fellow broadcaster Mike Tirico goes right along without correcting Gruden, who is well known for his Monday night rants.

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