[SengirV]

Why on earth he felt he had to deliver social commentary on black quarterbacks is beyond me>{?The topic was 'whats wrong with McNabb?'

And apparently in rush's eyes, what's wrong is that he is black. Because the media got the eagles to the NFC championship the past two years with sub par offensive talent. The media had McNabb scoring 23 total TDs and 6 INTs!!! last year in only 10 games. The media made McNabb score 27 total TDs and 12 INTs in 2001. And then 27 TDs and 13 INTs in 2000. WOW!!!! What a bellow average QB numbers those are. All with horrbile WRs and an average RB in Staley. Chad Lewis did make the probowl in 2001, but couldn't catch a cold in 2002 and this year so far.

Now, lets look at Aikman's number in the three years the Cowboys won the superbowl - 1992 24TDs 14INTs, 1993 15TDs 6INTs(missed 2 games), 1996 17TDs 7INTs(missed 2 games). I guess when Troy in inducted in the Hall of Fame, his speech will be an apology to Rush for being such a bad WHITE QB.

[GeronL]

And apparently in rush's eyes, what's wrong is that he is black

Oh please, there is nothing racist in the comment. He was attacking the media!

[Ramius]

Sadly, I think you're missing the whole point.

The sports press DOES have a protective attitude toward black quarterbacks because they carry the usual "white guilt" for so many years of mostly white-only quarterbacks, along with their own failure to make any point of it.

This is an affirmative action story, disguised as a sports story.

[jrawk]

Rush was defending the eagles defence on this one. Read the quote. He felt the media was giving all of the credit for the eagles success to McNabb when a good share belongs to the eagles superior defense.

There are a lot of black guys on that defense you know. But the media has no intention of promoting black defensive players.

Who gets all the attention, the endorsements, write ups in tabloids? The very white urlacher

Rush was defending blacks in my opinion.

-- lates
-- jrawk

[Fledermaus]

Oh Bull.

If you give McNabb all that credit, without realizing without a good defense the Eagles wouldn't have been in the playoffs, then you are making Rush's argument.

Steve Young, on the same ESPN show, agreed and said that "making plays" isn't the same as running an offense. If all the praise for McNabb the last two years was deserved, then all the negative talk about starting 0-3 this year rides on McNabb also.

And how is McNabb so great when he's rushing for more yards than their running backs? He waits way too long in the pocket when he shouldn't and then he over compensates with running too early when he doesn't look down field.

Rush has said the same thing about the media hyping Kurt Warner, Vinny Testeverde, and other not so great QB's.

Rush was fired. It's that simple. I'm listening as we speak to what he said on his radio show today during the 1-2 pm edt hour. He defends himself and defends against many of the same comments written here that callers made today.

He sure doesn't sound like he planned, just eleven hours later, to quit.