RGIII Benched because he is Black? Michael Irvin...

[HonestChieffan]

There has been no shortage of controversy surrounding Mike Shanahan’s decision to bench Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III for the rest of the season. Between speculation that Shanahan is intentionally trying to get himself fired and reports that RG3 is furious, the situation has turned into a full-blown circus. And now, Michael Irvin has attempted to introduce the race element.

During halftime of Thursday Night Football, Irvin and the rest of the NFL Network panel discussed the mess in Washington. Deion Sanders said he thought RG3 “needed a little humble pie.” Irvin basically said the Redskins wouldn’t be handling the situation the same way if they had a white quarterback.

“You are tearing him down,” Irvin ranted, via Dan Steinberg of DC Sports Bog. “I doubt that any man can come back from this, walking around three weeks around these guys that you have to lead. And I don’t want to hear about teammates either; we understand as teammates and players, quarterbacks do get special treatment.

“You don’t see people arguing when Peyton Manning or Tom Brady gets (special treatment) — I don’t want you arguing when this kid gets it. He’s the quarterback, and the rest of us brothers have to understand that and treat him as such. I’ve got an issue with all of it. … You think they could do this to Andrew Luck? Let me ask you that, you think they could do this to Luck?”

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[LiveSteam]

Doug Williams

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

He benched Terrell Davis for Mike Anderson.

{checks internet}

Holy !@#$, Mike Anderson was black? The dude's name is Mike Anderson! He could only sound whiter if his name was John Smith...or Peyton Hillis.

I don't think it's racist, but I think this should be proof that Rat has no ****ing clue what he's doing when it comes to QBs. This has always been the case with him, too, I think.

Wasn't the Jake Plummer experiment his idea?

[CoMoChief]

Meanwhile back in the day Irvin stabbed a teammate in the neck because a rookie took his seat in the team barber's chair. The guy almost died and Irvin paid him off not to file charges.

Hes such a loud mouthed pos. Can not stand to look or listen to that ****in asshole.

Reason why RG3 is getting this treatment is because either the rat never wanted RG3 and it was a Snyder move all the way and the rats days are numbered or it could just be because they struck gold on 2 qbs in one draft and just so happens one of them is playing like shit.

[WhiteWhale]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

Meanwhile back in the day Irvin stabbed a teammate in the neck because a rookie took his seat in the team barber's chair. The guy almost died and Irvin paid him off not to file charges.

Hes such a loud mouthed pos. Can not stand to look or listen to that ****in asshole.

Reason why RG3 is getting this treatment is because either the rat never wanted RG3 and it was a Snyder move all the way and the rats days are numbered or it could just be because they struck gold on 2 qbs in one draft and just so happens one of them is playing like shit.

Both of them are playing like shit.

Cousins had one good game last year. He has not been good in relief of RGIII and just lead his team to a loss in a battle of 3-10 teams.

They suck and it starts with a coach who's half assing it and feeding the media negative stories. I haven't seen a guy try this hard to get fired since Jeff Fisher was wrapping up with the Titans.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I hate hate hate the race card in QB discussions.

But I've found the treatmentof RGIII to be dubious at best, to be honest. There have been a handful of times where I've flipped to an analysis of Griffin without hearing the beginning of the conversation and could tell immediately it was him they were talking about because of the kind of vaguely dismissive language they used.

I mean they tend to stop short of saying 'boy', but it sure gets close at times.

My first reaction is always to dismiss this kind of bitching. And I agree he wouldn't be getting treated like this if he was performing better - his poor play is the root cause of the issue. But I do think there is some truth to the fact that he's getting a little more of the 'this kid needs to learn his place and shut up' treatment because he's a black QB. Wilson isn't getting crap because he's a minority that's playing extremely well. But I do wonder if a guy like Luck or Tannehill would be taking these kinds of arrows had they struggled like RGIII has. Tannehill's locker room has been a complete cluster!@#$ and we don't hear people blasting his leadership.

In this particular instance, I do think it's fair to ask if there haven't been some racial overtones to some of the things said about RGIII. Is that why he was benched? Nah, I don't think Shanahan's a racist. But I do think his PR has been disproportionally negative because of it.

Excellent post.

[HonestChieffan]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I hate hate hate the race card in QB discussions.

But I've found the treatmentof RGIII to be dubious at best, to be honest. There have been a handful of times where I've flipped to an analysis of Griffin without hearing the beginning of the conversation and could tell immediately it was him they were talking about because of the kind of vaguely dismissive language they used.

I mean they tend to stop short of saying 'boy', but it sure gets close at times.

My first reaction is always to dismiss this kind of bitching. And I agree he wouldn't be getting treated like this if he was performing better - his poor play is the root cause of the issue. But I do think there is some truth to the fact that he's getting a little more of the 'this kid needs to learn his place and shut up' treatment because he's a black QB. Wilson isn't getting crap because he's a minority that's playing extremely well. But I do wonder if a guy like Luck or Tannehill would be taking these kinds of arrows had they struggled like RGIII has. Tannehill's locker room has been a complete cluster!@#$ and we don't hear people blasting his leadership.

In this particular instance, I do think it's fair to ask if there haven't been some racial overtones to some of the things said about RGIII. Is that why he was benched? Nah, I don't think Shanahan's a racist. But I do think his PR has been disproportionally negative because of it.

You can't be serious.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale

Same thing happened to Cam Newton. When he had his struggles, it was all "he's an immature punk and that's why he's failing".

When a black QB struggles it can't just be a young QB struggling. The media always assassinates their character.

Cam was immature.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Excellent post.

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

You can't be serious.

Now I'm sure I'm right.

[WhiteWhale]

Originally Posted by Rausch

Cam was immature.

You know Cam?

Oh, right... you know what is reported about him. Cam was a young QB. He has to grow. The point is that this narrative seems to be saved exclusively for QB's who fit a certain criteria.

[TEX]

Was Michael Irvin high when he said it?

[doomy3]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Now I'm sure I'm right.

[WhiteWhale]

Originally Posted by TEX

Was Michael Irvin high when he said it?

I'm pretty sure Irvin is high when he does anything.

[Mecca]

This is all Shanahan's ploy for another job, when he gets fired he has to say RGIII wasn't his guy and that was a Snyder move.

[BlackHelicopters]

RGIII is no Russell Wilson.

[WhiteWhale]

Originally Posted by theelusiveeightrop

RGIII is no Russell Wilson.

It's so much easier to play QB when you only throw 400 passes in a season.

Pretty much every QB in the NFL is asked to do more, and Wilson is showing people that sometimes less IS MORE.