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To: zeestephen
In case you haven't noticed, the fastest players in the NFL have been almost 100% Black for the last 50 years.

Not even close to being true.

The starting 2014 Patriots are about 45% white. [You might be counting the practice team.]

Spag did not have much of a roster this year. Contrary to reputation, the Raven's defense was pretty awful. Yes, they didn't reach Brady. This doesn't invalidate anything I wrote; if they had he would have folded like a cheap card table. He always does.

When Spag got to Brady, how did Tom do in the Superbowl? Like I said: he can win if you keep him clean. He would not be a great quarterback in an era when defenders were actually allowed to do pass defense, and there was ONE offensive lineman holding per play [instead of all four of them, on every play, which is what's now allowed.]

211 posted on 02/03/2015 1:42:29 AM PST by FredZarguna (O, Reason not the need.)
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To: FredZarguna
Re: “Not even close to being true.”

I look forward to reading your list of white cornerbacks, safeties, wide receivers, and running backs who were faster than their Black contemporaries.

Has a white male Olympian won the 100m, 200m, or 400m in the last 50 years? Not that I recall, but maybe in the hurdles.

Re: “The starting 2014 Patriots are about 45% white.”

In their first game of the year, 18 of 53 active roster players were white, which is 34%.

“Starters” does not give you much useful information except for the QB and the defensive captain and maybe the center. Everyone else except elite players are in constant rotation, and Special Team players do not count as starters.

Re: “ Spag did not have much of a roster this year.”

I disagree.

The Raven defense was 6th in Total Points Allowed, 6th in Total Yards Allowed, and 8th in Passing Yards allowed.

The Patriots had no running game in 2014, and, in the AP All Pro voting, they had one offensive lineman who came in 6th at OT.

Re: “When Spag got to Brady, how did Tom do in the Superbowl?”

I can't recall which years he was DC for the Giants.

The Patriots lost one game to the Giants by 3, and a second game by 4.

In one of those games, a wide open Wes Welker dropped a 4Q first down pass that would have sealed the game on time remaining.

In both those games, Giant receivers made 4Q catches that were almost as amazing as the 4Q Seattle catch in 2015.

In spite of playing against elite defensive teams in each of those 3 games, Brady was leading, or threatening to take the lead, late in the 4Q in each one of them.

And in spite of being a delicate player who can't take a hit, he started each one of those games and took every snap.

212 posted on 02/03/2015 3:33:50 AM PST by zeestephen
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