Donovan McNabb is a pussy.
This does not mean that all black quarterbacks are pussies. Just him.
What if - instead of McNabb’s ‘theory’ that black quarterbacks are more criticized than white ones – a white quarterback put out the theory that black QBs are just too “thin skinned” to absorb the natural heat that comes with the job?
How would that go over?
Would that white QB be praised for “at least speaking his mind, even if you don’t agree with him?”
I’m gonna doubt that, and say “no.”
I think it is beyond argument that “Quarterback, NFL team” is the SINGLE MOST criticized job in professional sports. Period.
It’s one hot mofo of a “kitchen” so to speak.
To even “go there” that somehow Peyton Manning was given a bed of soft rose petals for all the years he and the Colts got chumped in the playoffs, is ludicrous. Somebody better get out the newspaper clippings for Donovan, or at least check his internet connection.
I know. I sat on my radio show and defended the guy when callers, experts, and everybody else took turns whacking at the Peyton Pinata. I said, “you people are nuts, he’s a great player, and he’ll win at least one, maybe more les.”
And oh how they laughed.
Rex Grossman is getting slaughtered as we speak in Chicago. Kyle Boller is a pariah to injured (ahem, black) starter Steve McNair in Baltimore. Ryan Leaf remains far more of a bust “punchline” than Akili Smith or Andre Ware ever was.
Today’s NFL is a black quarterback nirvana. Some of the richest contracts are given to black quarterbacks. Teams will defend their franchise black QB to the very end of a pit bull leash if necessary. Even scrub black QBs who should rightfully be out of the league are allowed to hang on as little used 3rd stringers: see Wright, Anthony et. al.
Black quarterbacks get marketed like they are Jesus Christ with a golden arm. Vince Young did little more than author a handful of highlight runs last year for a non-playoff team, and now he’s on the cover of Madden and has already been to Honolulu for the Pro Bowl.
Some of McNabb’s biggest critics have been…. wait for it… BLACK themselves!!
Like J. Whyatt Mondesire, the Philadelphia chapter head of the NAACP. Who wrote a scathing column in the Philadelphia Sun that said, in part: "In essence Donny, you are mediocre at best," Mondesire wrote. "And trying to disguise that fact behind some concocted reasoning that African American quarterbacks who can scramble and who can run the ball are somehow lesser field generals ... is more insulting off the field than on."
The freaking mayor of Philadelphia John Street blasted the choice of McNabb over Ricky Williams on draft day! I’m not sure that he ever apologized for it, even after the continued success and trip to the Super Bowl.
And then there’s Terrell Owens, no McNabb fan he. Did white America get up in arms because a black receiver like Owens dissed a Pro Bowl white QB like Jeff Garcia?
McNabb doth protest too much about all of this.
Yeah, there was a time not long ago that black QBs in college had no shot of playing that position in the pros. But those days are sooooo over, it’s a joke to keep bringing it up. Today, excellent WHITE college quarterbacks – Heisman winners, some – will be told: “Look pal, it’s either play safety, or go sell insurance.”
Is anybody upset that Matt Jones is playing wide receiver? Is anybody mad that Eric Crouch is playing semi-pro ball? Is anybody steamed that Drew Henson hasn’t been a hit?
Come on, people. This is absurd.
In back to back years, a very good white QB in college fell like a stone in the draft, as another equal or lesser “decorated” black quarterback was taken ahead of them. Was there an outcry? Of course not.
Quarterback is a thankless, blame filled job, with fleeting glory, and a million fans who believe YOU are the very problem with the football team they root for.
I’m thrilled that the position has now been FULLY and PERMANENTLY opened to black players coming out of college. Now go cash those huge checks, shut the f--- up, and play.
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Wow Mikey, every white fan is a racist? 
That one was almost as funny as Thunder Dan's "Joe Thomas hit two blacks to spring 30 yard runs" typo.
