Posted on 09/29/2019 7:49:34 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
As the NFL celebrates its centennial season, a rising vanguard of African American quarterbacks is shattering stereotypes at a position once considered off-limits to black players
From his seat at M&T Bank Stadium during last weekend’s NFL game between the Baltimore Ravens and Arizona Cardinals, Cyrus Mehri knew he was witnessing something special.
In a matchup of the youngest African American starting quarterbacks in the Super Bowl era, 22-year-old Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray, the top pick in this year’s draft, threw for 349 yards in only his second professional contest.
Not to be outdone, second-year Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, also 22, became the only player in regular-season league history to throw for at least 270 yards and rush for at least 120 yards, leading Baltimore to a 23-17 victory.
As a fan, Mehri was thrilled. And as the civil rights attorney who helped establish the Rooney Rule – which requires NFL teams to interview minority candidates for head coaching and senior football operations jobs – he understood the deeper significance of the moment for a league that long has excluded African Americans from its most important and celebrated on-field position.
“Kyler Murray showed maturity beyond his years,” Mehri said. “They had no running game. The stadium is so loud. It was 100% on him. And he carved up the defense.
“Then you look at Lamar Jackson. His field awareness was so impressive. He can sense the pass rush and escape. He places the ball with nice touch. He’s showing the complete game.
“We’re trying to overcome 100 years – literally 100 years! – of stereotyping of black quarterbacks. And they demolished all of them in that one game.”
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Shouldn’t black “quarter”-backs actually be called “three/fifths-back”?
They were just not that good in the past ou must name names.
Two words:
Colon.
Caperneck.
I’m beyond sick of hearing about skin color already! ENOUGH!
“We haven’t gone anywhere until we quit worrying about the color of a QB’s skin.”
About the same thing M L King said. We talk the same language, but we don’t listen if it is profitable, airtime, advantageous or an opportunity to harm. And it is also an unfortunate waste of energy to say, listen, or reason.
rwood
Doug Williams is a trivia question I always ask !
What is the only black quarterback to win a super bowl and be MVP?
What is the only quareterack to
Throw 5 tds in a half ?
It was 10-0 Broncos. 1st q. Then at half. 35-10. Skins
Well, damn, this is gonna be news to Doug Williams. And his Super Bowl ring.
And Rodney Peete.
Culpepper too.
Kaepernick kind of put the kabosh to the MFL’s future.
As the NFL races headlong into oblivion. Coincidence?
Warren Moon?
Oh, yeah! That drug abusing wife beater who somehow managed to get into the HOF without actually winning anything other than a participation trophy!
Now, I remember him.
What a guy!
There are some good young black quarterbacks but the media always tries to anoint one or the other as the next great one. They have one good year or half year and they are already pushing them as a top quarterback. They always rush to crown the next black quarterback before they have a chance to prove themselves. I’m sure that added pressure doesn’t help a young quarterback.
We got posters here think just like the article
I still say Warren Moon was a great QB
now Prescott and Mahommes are good
Both mixed race since we’re so identity particular nowadays
The NFL has a future? Who knew?
The NFL is run by leftists. The NFL caters to leftists. But the product is still worshipped by the right. The left doesn’t sit around watching this for the most part, their only interest in it as being a big FU to the right as they laugh and watch the NFL promote the progressive agenda.
Is it really any wonder why the left keeps winning? Our side can’t get up off their asses on the weekends to quit watching college football and the NFL.
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