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I had an interesting discussion with my barber about the state of black quarterbacks in the NFL. His argument was that the reason that many blackquarterbacks in the NFL failed to win a superbowl was because they can't handle the pressure. (The Doug Williams arguement was thrown out. He was garbageafter that superbowl win) He said that McNabb choked against the Patriots. He stated that many of us don't practice, feel like we can win based on puretalent, and choke when pressure is on us.
I felt that he made a lot of good points but I argued that many of the black quarterbacks in the NFL don't have the weapons that their white counterpartshave. For example, almost everyone came to a conclusion that Mike Vick was never going to be an accurate quarterback but when compared to the quarterbacks whoare accurate they have legitimate threats at the WR positions and have a great line. So when Vick had great games passing people felt that he "luckedup" those stats. I also said that the number of black quarterbacks that came through the NFL are significantly less than white quarterbacks so the marginfor error is greater.
What do you think?
I felt that he made a lot of good points but I argued that many of the black quarterbacks in the NFL don't have the weapons that their white counterpartshave. For example, almost everyone came to a conclusion that Mike Vick was never going to be an accurate quarterback but when compared to the quarterbacks whoare accurate they have legitimate threats at the WR positions and have a great line. So when Vick had great games passing people felt that he "luckedup" those stats. I also said that the number of black quarterbacks that came through the NFL are significantly less than white quarterbacks so the marginfor error is greater.
What do you think?