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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
They also demolished any chance Colin Kaepernick will ever be signed by an NFL team again - because there are 22-year-old black quarterbacks out there with positive attitudes who can perform like that. :)
Who cares. The NFL? They openly disrespect the flag and enable and allow others to do the same.
All for the prompting of a guy who they are too ignorant to realize did so on the prompting of his Egyptian America hating girlfriend
They have to renounce it. All of them as well as the enablers in the stands.
It is disgraceful
Murray could be the first Korean NFL quarterback unless you're a "One drop" Jim Crow racist.
That may have been true forty-five to fifty years ago. But it has not been an issue for a long time. Doug Williams won a Super Bowl with the Redskins in ... 1989? How much longer do we have to hear this garbage?!
Warren Moon never existed?
We haven’t gone anywhere until we quit worrying about the color of a QB’s skin.
Not so impressive today.
Browns (with a white QB*) 40 - Ravens 25.
*: It doesn't matter to me whether Baker Mayfield is white, black, or polka dot. But if they're going to make a race issue out of it, so will I.
We haven’t gone anywhere until we stop calling the black QBs “5/8th-backs.” :-P
Warren Moon, Doug Williams, James Harris, Donovan McNabb, Russell Wilson, Cordell Stewart (hey, he had one great season!)....
BMWW
Wouldn’t that be 3/5 backs?
Well, following the correct math, 1/4 * 3/5 = 3/20 backs?
Right. My math is bad tonight. LOL.
Where is the “barf” or “hurl” alert for this racist screed?
We haven’t gone anywhere until we quit worrying about the color of a QB’s skin.
Personally, I don’t think about the color of the skin of these athletes.
It sounds to me, as if the liberals are the ones fixated on that particular subject.
Until these mentally deficient morons get treatment.
Kyler Murray is way over-rated!
He’s struggling on the field and the press continues to hype this guy who has yet to win a game. A tie and 3 losses, - today the Seahawks looked like they were in a practice session as they defeated the Cardinals.
This is Murray’s first NFL season, and it shows. Not worth the
the 35+Milliion 4 year, including a 23 Million signing bonus.
Sorry, In my opinion ….. all smoke and mirrors and a flash in the pan.
Bingo! Since the NFL has tolerated flag kneeling,I don’t care what color the players are. I ain’t watching.
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