1800blogger Says Donovan McNabb is Wrong
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007In an upcoming interview with James Brown to be aired on HBO, Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback tells Brown that black quarterbacks face more pressure than white quarterbacks. He reportedly says, “because there are those that still don’t want black athletes playing the position.”
McNabb is correct that there are bigots in society that believe black athletes are too dumb to play the position but to even insinuate that this is a prevailing opinion around the NFL is simply wrong. I am certain that people such as Bob Kraft and Jerry Jones wouldn’t care if a dumb alien was playing quarterback, as long as that alien could throw a deep out to a person who can run a 4-3 forty.
I played football when I was a kid and I’m not sure when society has arrived at the opinion that you have to be smart to play quarterback in the NFL. Odds are against us that Peyton Manning or Donovan McNabb are splitting any atoms anytime soon.
As Bill Parcells once said, “When you’re big and strong and fast, you’re usually good.” That has nothing to do with brains. If you’re big and strong and you could throw a football accurately, you usually make a good quarterback - has nothing to do with brains. Sorry Donovan…….
