Scouting trip in time: how Bengals drafted Ken Anderson

We are gazing upon the Dead Sea Scrolls of Bengaldom. The Gospel according to Paul (Brown). The Magna Carta of Riverfront Stadium. The Bill (Walsh) of Rights of the 21st century pass game.It is the Bengals’ scouting report on one of the most important players in their history. Or as he wrote it himself on the club’s 1969 “professional football questionnaire” Anderson, Ken Allan. Jersey Number  _ 14.

The 20-year-old kid who wrote “Yes,” next to “Do You Kick Field Goals?” became one of the greatest passers in NFL history and remains the only man with four NFL passing titles not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. When he retired after 192 games and 16 seasons in 1986, he had the most accurate…