Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 10283744)

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.

Originally Posted by CoMoChief (Post 10283767)

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.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 10283735)

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.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 10283735)

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.

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale (Post 10283750)

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.

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 10283780)

Excellent post.

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan (Post 10283782)

You can't be serious.

Originally Posted by Rausch (Post 10283787)

Cam was immature.

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 10283793)

Now I'm sure I'm right.

Originally Posted by TEX (Post 10283799)

Was Michael Irvin high when he said it?

Originally Posted by theelusiveeightrop (Post 10283814)

RGIII is no Russell Wilson.