I found this article in the NY Daily News on my Facebook feed -- it was initially in response to the Josh McCown-Ryan Fitzpatrick Suck Bowl from a few weeks back, the ludicrous Taylor-for-Peterman benching and, of course, Kaepernick. Basically, the theme of the article is that terrible white quarterbacks get way more chances to prove themselves than black quarterbacks for no good reason.
There's some questionable stuff (such as the idea that Geno Smith wasn't terrible) and no mention of the fact that Michael Vick made it back and had a number of chances. But there's also some interesting rundowns of how black QBs with the same pedigree as white QBs get run out of the league while their counterparts (Glennon, Osweiler, Bradford) get enormous--and entirely unwarranted--deals.
Some tidbits:
What say SoSH? Do the numbers back this up?
There's some questionable stuff (such as the idea that Geno Smith wasn't terrible) and no mention of the fact that Michael Vick made it back and had a number of chances. But there's also some interesting rundowns of how black QBs with the same pedigree as white QBs get run out of the league while their counterparts (Glennon, Osweiler, Bradford) get enormous--and entirely unwarranted--deals.
Some tidbits:
White QBs are viewed a lot like real estate. They're not judged as the house they are, but the house that they can become. They can get three, four or five seasons of losing while getting nurtured, developed, new coaches, new supporting weapons, and new systems by new offensive coordinators with new ideas willing to maximize their skill-set.
"Black Blake Bortles" does not exist. The NFL is just not going to give you three years to work out some kinks until Leonard Fournette and the NFL's #1 defense arrives. If a Black QB is not a high 1st-round pick, they rarely ever even get two. Perform or go home.
Black veteran QB's do not get Carson or Cutler type of faith or even a Kerry Collins or Matt Hasselbeck who started games at 39 and 40 years old, respectfully. No matter how accomplished (see Donovan McNabb, Michael Vick), the NFL has no use for Black QBs past 35 in much of any capacity. Perform like you were 28 or go home.
There are some other things worth noting in here -- such as the idea that Jeff Fisher may have been responsible for Vince Young being run out of the league, tho it's not clear if it was just because he was a terrible coach as opposed to a terrible racist coach. And I wonder whether Bob "Inmates Running the Prison" McNair might've had more to do with Houston's issues than O'Brien.No NFL coach has tested and experimented with more white hopes than head coach Bill O'Brien who has started Fitzpatrick, Ryan Mallett, Case Keenum, Brian Hoyer, T.J. Yates, Brandon Weeden, Osweiler, and Tom Savage in only three years. O'Brien basically white-hoped-out himself into drafting DeShaun Watson. Good move.
What say SoSH? Do the numbers back this up?