Posted on 01/05/2013 5:26:18 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Young quarterbacks have been the dominant storyline of the 2013 season.
Of the 12 NFL playoff teams, six start quarterbacks that are either in their first or second year. The days of needing an established veteran at the quarterback position may be over.
Of those five young starting quarterbacks, three are African-American. Rookies Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson will play each other in the premier wildcard game this weekend, with the Washington Redskins hosting the Seattle Seahawks Sunday afternoon. Colin Kaepernick gets a week off, as he helped lead his San Francisco 49ers to a bye.
And while our common notions of the how much experience is needed for a quarterback to to lead a team to the Super Bowl may be changing, the notions that many have for the black quarterback may finally begin to change too. RGIII, Wilson and Kaepernick have shown just how far black quarterbacks have come.
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If you think what Rush said was off the wall, you must be completely ignorant of the Rooney Rule. Rush speculated that McNabb was getting special consideration because of his race. I personally don't agree with that, but the NFL does--as a matter of policy--give special consideration to blacks when it comes to coaching positions, believing that blacks need "special help" in order to get hired. Why then is it so "off the wall" to wonder if similar consideration is given to other positions? You sound like a politically correct moron.
The main reason there were few or no black qbs in the pros thirty or forty years ago is nothing to do with racist pros. The fact is: few major colleges had black qbs. And many southern colleges had few or no black players period. For decades there was a very small pool of black qbs for the pros to choose from.
And there’s a story this morning about RG3 and whether famed Birmingham surgeon Dr. James Andrews cleared him to play last week. Shanahan said he was cleared, but Dr. Andrews says he wasn’t and that he is concerned whether RG3 is fit enough to play now without risking further injury.
And RG3 is at his youngest and strongest, but running during his rookie season has put him in a risky situation.
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