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Kurt Warner put up two of the best years a quarterback has ever had, and actually won a superbowl, and still people said he was overrated, and got such good press because of his aweshucks personality and rags to riches story.

While the latter was false, the former is certainly somewhat true. And the story is the similar with McNabb. He is good, he is overrated (unlike IMO Warner), and part of the reason he is overrated by the press is his skin color.

McNabb is rated 15th out of 16 QBs listed in the NFC by ESPN.com. This is a rather stark contrast to his being the best QB in the NFL as some have claimed.

As to the notion that McNabb was solely carrying his team - another point pumped by the press these past two years - it is largely untrue. Yes, Philly has had weak WRs. However, they had a good OL, a good RB, and a pro-bowl TE, to go along with perhaps the NFL's best defense. Douglass might be the best DL in the NFL.

Argh. Mistyped, the second paragraph should be;

While the *former* was false, the *latter* is certainly somewhat true. And the story is the similar with McNabb. He is good, he is overrated (unlike IMO Warner), and part of the reason he is overrated by the press is his skin color.

He is good, he is overrated (unlike IMO Warner), and part of the reason he is overrated by the press is his skin color.

You are insane and in need of mental checkup. He is popular because his teams have historically won, and has had no pro bowl caliber offensive player in a skill position - read he does it single handedly. He makes some amazing plays that get him lots of play on Sportscenter. Point out that his stats are not what some others, great. Point out that the defense did more than their fair share in those wins great. Having Rush point out that McNabb is not a good QB(Great, that is his opinion), but pointing out that ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS McNabb is popular is because of the media pulling for black QBs is idiotic.

I seem to recall lots of media folks putting down Akili Smith, Shawn King, Culpepper(last year), Jeff Blake, etc... So how come the media who ohhhhh so much want to put black QBs up on pedestal rips these guys? Maybe because it doesn't exist. I guess it kind of does exist - In Rush's pea brain.