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Race. Everybody seems too afraid to talk about it. The media plays the most important role in race. Creating stories that draw attention and make people emotional is their job. News channels and papers get better ratings when more people watch and read their material. Everybody has the right to know what is happening in the world, but I think it is taken a bit too far sometimes. The media manipulates video coverage by taking small segments of what people say and piecing it together to make something look like what it not really is. I realize that a lot of people already see through the smoke and know this, but sometimes it baffles me how stupid some people are that actually believe most of the B.S. they see and hear. With the rise of 'YouTube' and many other online videos, it just continues to get worse. The point behind this is; the media is constantly causing a barrier between 'Whites' and 'Blacks' in the world. Always putting a spin on a story or manipulating it to make it look like something more or different than what it really is, putting things completely out of context, they are the backbone of continuing racism in the world. If it wasn't for all the crap we watched and read by the media, most Blacks and Whites could live in serenity. The media may cause much of the racial tension in the world, but that isn't why I'm writing this. After all this is a 'Football' blog. I am writing this because I am getting tired of this debate over Quarterbacks in the NFL, and I think it's more about race and less about whether a QB simply 'fits the bill' or not. So many people say that Black QB's are 'under the radar' so to speak, more than White QB's, so let's debate that. Here is my take. White, Black, Brown, Green, Purple, Blue... Whatever. Tavaris Jackson: Terribly inaccurate and won't make it in the NFL. He doesn't work worth a s**t under pressure despite having one of the best offensive lines in the NFL along with one of the best running games bar none. I don't care if your recievers are the 'Brady Bunch', and you are the rookiest of rookies. Jackson should have done much better last year. Vince Young: Very talented. Pretty accurate. Powerful arm. Good pocket poise. Not very smart, has a problem learning plays, and his recievers couldn't catch a cold last year. Another team with a good running game but still poor output. After another year or two of learning, Young could be a great QB. He's a good scrambler too. Warren Moon: Good QB. Played too long. Donovan McNabb. Still has it. Good scrambler. Accurate Passer. Powerful arm. Smart. Came back too soon from a knee injury. His receivers are better then people give them credit for. He needs to throw the ball more often to somebody not named Brian Westbrook (part of the reason he had to throw more check downs, was he wasn't getting enough protection from his line to throw the deep ball).
Steve McNair. Awesome in his prime. Smart. Accurate. Powerful. Great Scrambler. It's time for him to retire. Micheal Vick: Good srambler. Powerful arm. Terribly inaccurate. Couldn't seem to remember that he was a QB and not a RB. woof, woof. I'd be here all day if I tried to evaluate all the white QB's that have been in the NFL. However the ratio of bad to good in my opinion is about the same.
People tend to argue that there are not enough black QB's in the NFL, as well as Black coaches. That trend is starting to change. However, we only here one side of the coin. What about white RB's? How many White RB's are there in the NFL? I am not talking FB's, because they don't get to carry the ball usually anyway, they just block. I don't hear a bunch of whining about that. As far as I'm concerned, I don't care who plays what position as long as that person is playing the position for the right reasons. I don't think race should be the main issue, but rather who is the best player for the job. The media constantly hypes this stuff up so somebody will cry racism and they can get higher ratings. We have TV channels such as Black Starz and Black Entertainment Television which segregates Blacks and Whites alike. Then their are channels that are predominantly white, but they don't say it in their title, because they could get sued if they did. As long as this sh*t exists, people will always be divided. And unfortunately I don't see it changing anytime soon. Call me a racist, call me what you want, but at least I keep it real. I'm tired of trying to be politically correct.
Steve McNair. Awesome in his prime. Smart. Accurate. Powerful. Great Scrambler. It's time for him to retire. Micheal Vick: Good srambler. Powerful arm. Terribly inaccurate. Couldn't seem to remember that he was a QB and not a RB. woof, woof. I'd be here all day if I tried to evaluate all the white QB's that have been in the NFL. However the ratio of bad to good in my opinion is about the same.
People tend to argue that there are not enough black QB's in the NFL, as well as Black coaches. That trend is starting to change. However, we only here one side of the coin. What about white RB's? How many White RB's are there in the NFL? I am not talking FB's, because they don't get to carry the ball usually anyway, they just block. I don't hear a bunch of whining about that. As far as I'm concerned, I don't care who plays what position as long as that person is playing the position for the right reasons. I don't think race should be the main issue, but rather who is the best player for the job. The media constantly hypes this stuff up so somebody will cry racism and they can get higher ratings. We have TV channels such as Black Starz and Black Entertainment Television which segregates Blacks and Whites alike. Then their are channels that are predominantly white, but they don't say it in their title, because they could get sued if they did. As long as this sh*t exists, people will always be divided. And unfortunately I don't see it changing anytime soon. Call me a racist, call me what you want, but at least I keep it real. I'm tired of trying to be politically correct.
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