No. Dalton is an improvement over Truaidsky
So Iām not crazy. Or we both are.
fwiw, stat wise Dalton is about the same as Trubes and Trubes has better mobility.
If cam wouldnāt annoyingly overthrow arob 5 times a game Iād try to get him.
Iād guess theyāre sticking with trubes (doesnāt benefit them to just cut him) and not firing anyone which is exactly the opposite of what this org should do. Itās a 6-6 season thatās been a total tire fire, how the hell is that possible.
Receiver from Kapernickās workout was signed by redskins. Great for guy but lol NFL.
My current thought process.
That or Jason Garrett in a wig and mustache.
Not sure if this is a hot take or not, but I donāt see anything at all wrong with what Ryan said.
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I donāt think thereās anything inherently wrong with it either, but I think it absolutely can be said with racist undertones and, knowing literally nothing about this guy, Iām not really inclined to give the benefit of the doubt to anybody affiliated with the NFL in any way.
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I was about to say āhm, maybe white quarterbacks should start wearing football-brown gloves and sleevesā and then realized there arenāt any white quarterbacks that run read-options. And then I realized that I guess thatās the pointāhe was subtly perpetuating a stereotype of black quarterbacks.
Itās tough, because I actually think what he said is accurate (dark skin + dark jersey + dark football makes it harder to follow the ball), but Iām not sure how he can say it without tipping into perpetuating that stereotype. Glad Iām not in his position.
Iām old enough to remember MNF hiring RUSH LIMBAUGH then being shocked and appalled when they had to fire him for going on the air and being a racist asshat.
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This was like saying the best magicians are black bc their skin makes it easier to hide the coin or something.
Reference to a guyās skin tone is out of bounds. He could have spoke about Lamarās technique, or the size of his hands, or how quick he is and all of that would have been fair and to the point he was trying to make without being racisty.
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Hahaha I legit didnāt know (or had forgotten) that. This ESPN statement is so fucking perfect:
Limbaugh was ultimately fired for the blowback following a Sunday NFL Countdown segment from 2003, in which he tried to argue against the decision to start African-American quarterback Donovan McNabb, who he felt shouldnāt have been given any credit for his teamās play. āI think what weāve had here is a little social concern from the NFL; I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well,ā said Limbaugh, to a stunned panel that included two African-American analysts, one of whom, Tom Jackson, immediately fired back at Limbaugh.
The cameras quickly panned away from Limbaugh, with the other analystsāincluding three-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Steve Young, going to bat for McNabb.
At the time, ESPNās vice president of programming and production Mark Shapiro told Variety that āRush is a great communicator and a fanās fan. ā¦His acute sense of whatās on the minds of his listeners, combined with ability to entertain and serve as a lightning rod for lively discussion, makes him the perfect fit for this new role.ā
From: Inside Rush Limbaugh's Short, Disastrous Stint at ESPN - InsideHook
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I get why he was suspended but heās kinda right. Black ASL interpretors wear white shirts and white ASL interpretors wear black. The reason is so their hands āstick outā when signing.
Itās still a stupid thing to bring up on his part.
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Itās not racist at all.
Ryan was simply stating (and as a radio guy itās his job to use words to paint a clear picture of the situation to the listener) how Lamarās skin tone may provide an advantage. Just like other unchangeable physical attributes like hand size and height.
Why is talking about someoneās skin tone out of bounds but hand size isnāt? Both are unchangeable physical attributes.
Cmon you know thisāwe havenāt had several hundred years of slavery and discrimination built around the size of peopleās hands.
Though now that I think about it, Iād be happy for that to start with Trump first in line.
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Going to be honest I have never heard a player make the claim that a black qb makes it harder to see and at lower levels of football the read option has been super common forever.
I know playing football I never thought āDang I cant see the football because that QB is football color.ā
Seems like an observation that is completely inaccurate when put into practice.
The underlining issue is finding things to take away from a black qbās hard work and skill.
He has an advantage because of this, not because he has put in the work necessary.
In a vacuum probably not a big deal but we donāt live in a vacuum.
itās a fucking retarded nonsensical comment at the very best. the football isnāt black. lots of guys wear sleeves too and Iāve never fucking heard anyone claim itās an advantage to wear black sleeves.
If thereās something to that, then lol players for no RB that Iām aware of thinking of wearing football colored sleeves.
Letās say you put Allen Robinson on the Patriots from his rookie season on. Is he one of the more amazing WRs ever?
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Worst Mitchell on TV since Sylviaās dumb kid on Mad Men
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