With no Rush Limbaugh lurking in the literary shadows, Dumbavan McChoke has taken the racist burden upon himself and decried that some people don't want blacks to be NFL QB's. So they have to do "a little extra".
Aside from the fact that I'm eagerly awaiting the NAAWP to come out demanding that the Eagles cut McNabb for his racist remarks, these remarks are disturbing for many reasons.
I suppose that Fathead 5 is under the impression that the viewing public is as stupid as he says they think black QB's are. Otherwise he'd know that the savvy fan sees McChoke's rhetoric as the typical blame laying and excuse making we would expect any bitter, overpaid, underproducing veteran QB whose head is on the block.
Anyone who saw McNabb burn down the franchise in 3 NFCC losses, and then physically gag his team out of SB XXXIX, knows that the McNabb problem is not a skin color issue. It's a cardio-intestinal issue. McNabb simply doesn't have the heart or the guts to finish when it matters most.
So he senses that Eagles fans are gonna start screaming for whitey QB. He's perfectly entitled to lie to himself and say that it's not because he can't win the big one, nor can he even stay healthy anymore. But having lived in Philadelphia for many years of the McNabb era, I know that had McChoke delivered even one Lombardi they'd rename cheese steaks "McNabb's" and nominate him for Sainthood.
And while we're on the topic, what exactly is the "Little Extra" black QB's have to do to achieve recognition? Is it choking in 3 NFCC games, or puking away a SB? Is it being a barely above average QB who is really an above average RB, like the ex-Falcon turned felon? Because there's no absence of media celebration for those two. Is it being a playoff and SB failure like Steve McNair? Because you can't hear McNair's name mentioned without the obligitory "warrior" reference in the same breath.
The sad truth is, McNabb's salvo is ugly in two hideous ways. One, because it showcases the bitterness of a fading star on the downside. Two, because it's the kind of rhetoric that not only incites racism, but propogates the very venom of which McNabb claims that QB's are victims.
The scorching irony is that McNabb has taken the very tack for which he and the NAACP unjustly accused Limbaugh. A few years back, it was Limbaugh who dared to say that the media "over-celebrates" black QB's, and used McNabb as an example of a black QB who gets a lot of press and simply isn't as good as he's made out to be. It cost Rush the job. So McNabb, as he fades into the NFL dust, decides to champion the poor, beleagured, multi-millionaire, overpaid, under-producing black QB's, who aren't getting the press they deserve. Well, the comments won't cost McNabb his job. His performance will.
Irony can be very irony-y, huh folks? Maybe McNabb thinks we don't know better, but we do. He's a loser, and just like a loser would do, he's chosen racism (or whatever other excuse is handy) over truth.
That is the way he feels, plain and simple. The problem is that he almost implies that most of his detracters have these reservations partly because of his race when honestly it is a smaller percentage than he perceives. I think that Philly fans never liked him and like those wiry untalented types. While I agree with you in pointing out all of his flaws, you almost sound like T.O., Limbaugh's comments were only played like that because of the previous perception of him and his staunch opinions about affirmative action. It was almost like he was saying that the media was performing affirmative action by praising mcNabb for his teams success when that is what they do to all QBs.
I agree. McNabb may believe that Black QB's get more criticism than white QB's (David Carr, Joey Harrington, Rex Grossman, and Eli Manning might disagree) but the criticism levied at him is mostly legit.
His team is struggling and team struggles ultimately lead to criticism of the team leader, and that leader is Donovan McNabb.
Mcnabb is a racist, we like football for what it is and this punk wants to say we want him to fail, if I'm a flippin Eagles fan I want him to do great , he's just another example of a player pulling the race card! How many white players use this same lousy excuse...none! I'm a Niner fan and I'm rooting for Gore to have a great game not because he's black but cuz he's a Niner, #### Mcnabb!
Chris' Ross
I'd like to think that some day that Donovan will grow up and stop su*ckling on his mother's breast. He's getting old ought to realize that the team around him just isn't that good. And at the same time offer his profuse apologies to the African American race and subjecting them to such infantile behavior. I find his quips an affront to the African American players that've preceded him in the NFL. It's time he grew himself a pair of balls and show some leadership on the field. Is it any wonder that Owens had no respect for him ?
Always trying to be the good little boy that su*cks up to the teacher.
See my latest post as it's somewhat provocative in its nature. It's titled You're Not Going To Like What I'm Saying But ####*a Please ! Like I said this might be more provocative than anything McNabb may have said. But it's a fact and clear as day for everyone to see !
tophatal
Last edited by tophatal on September 19th at 2:36 PM.
