That seems to be the question alot of people are asking lately.  In an op-ed piece in the Philadelphia Daily News a few days ago, the leader of the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP wrote a disparaging article about Eagles' quarterback Donovan McNabb.  So, the question remains, who is this guy and what makes him qualified to write such an article?

I mean, he compared McNabb to Doug Williams.  Yes, that Doug Williams.  The one who used to quarterback the Washington  Redskins and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before that.  Granted, Williams played an excellent game in Super Bowl XXII.  But look at his career stats.  He has a career passing percentage of 49.5!   If that's the mark of a great quarterback, then I think even I could be great someday!  He threw for only 100 touchdowns over a nine year career.  That's an average of 11 per season!  By the way, he also threw 93 interceptions.  Doug Williams is hardly a great quarterback.  One solid performance in the Super Bowl does not make it so.  If this guy is comparing McNabb to Doug Williams, and saying McNabb falls short, what does he really know about football anyway? 

On top of that, he criticized McNabb's performance in last year's Super Bowl.  McNabb threw for 357 yards and three touchdowns in that Super Bowl.  The Eagles only scored three touchdowns in that game.  The running game gained a whopping total of 45 yards.  With such a poor running game behind him, it's amazing McNabb was able to throw for 300 yards against such a good defense.  Without him, the Eagles offense would have been totally overmatched by the Patriots' defense.  To say that he's the reason they lost is simply ridiculous.  I wonder if this guy even bothered to watch that game.  In fact, I wonder if he's ever watched a football game period.

Finally, this man claims that McNabb is a "mediocre talent" who is "not that good".  Let's look at McNabb and his career.  In his seven-year career, McNabb has thrown for 19433 yards.  That's an average of 2800 yards a season and includes his first season (he only started 6 games) and this season (he only started nine games).  So basically, he's averaging a solid 3000 yards per season over the five full seasons he has played.  He's thrown for 134 touchdowns against only 66 interceptions.  That's twice as many touchdowns as interceptions.  His career passer rating is a respectable 84.1.  He also led his team to four conference championship games (and a Super Bowl)  in those seven years.  If those are the stats of a "not so good" quarterback, then I'd gladly have this "mediocre talent" on my team any day.

All of this leads me to one conclusion.  The head of the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP is hardly qualified to comment on the play of Donovan McNabb.  This is just another case of a well-known person offering their opinion on a matter which they know nothing about.  Ignorance is one thing, but allowing that ignorance to break down the reputation of another is simply inexcusable.  As a leader of the NAACP, isn't this man supposed to be fighting against ignorance, rather than showing just how ignorant he is himself?