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Former NFL coach Tony Dungy would be okay with an NFL team signing Ray Rice. (Mike Garafolo/The Star-Ledger)

Former NFL coach Tony Dungy would be fine with signing ex-Baltimore Ravens and Rutgers running back Ray Rice, even with all the baggage and media attention he’d bring with him.

Here’s what Dungy said on Sunday’s “Football Night in America”:

“I would [pick up Rice] under one condition. Ray Rice made a terrible mistake, but he paid the penalty from the League and from the legal system.

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Former Colts coach Tony Dungy said he wouldn’t have drafted former Missouri defensive end Michael Sam.

“I wouldn’t have taken him. Not because I don’t believe Michael Sam should have a chance to play, but I wouldn’t want to deal with all of it,” Dungy told the Tampa Tribune.

“It’s not going to be totally smooth … things will happen.”

Sam, the first openly gay player drafted into the NFL, was taken in the seventh round by the St. Louis Rams and has an uphill battle to make the team’s opening

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