Originally posted by 49er-from-Yavin-IV:
Originally posted by Scooper1:
Originally posted by random49er:Funny coming from Mahomes. Kid could drop his drawers on the 50 yd line and take a dump and the announcers would find a way to praise him. Total media darling.
Some of the "weirdness" with evaluations as Mahomes sees it...
Patrick Mahomes has taken notice of the "weird" criticisms that he and other Black quarterbacks in the NFL have received lately.
Though he didn't want to say that Black quarterbacks are evaluated differently than their white counterparts, Mahomes thinks the comments that he, Lamar Jackson and Kyler Murray have gotten this week are strange.
"Obviously, the Black quarterback has had to battle to be in this position that we are to have this many guys in the league playing," Mahomes said Friday, KSHB's Aaron Ladd. "I think every day, we're proving that we should have been playing the whole time. We've got guys that can think just as well as they can use their athleticism.
"It's always weird when you see guys like me, Lamar [Jackson], Kyler [Murray] kind of get that on them when other guys don't. But at the same time we're going out there to prove ourselves every day to show we can be some of the best quarterbacks in the league."
Patrick Mahomes on 'weird' criticisms he and other Black quarterbacks have faced this week
Bingo. Folks kiss the ground Mahomes walks on. Coming from him the statement falls flat. We have organizations trading outlandish packages to move up and draft these guys (for their brains and god gifted abilities) over less gifted athletes and they get "weird criticisms". Pfft, okay Chief, as if your ass hasn't been kissed since you became the starter. Everyone is held accountable for their actions and their skin tone (as implied by Mahomes) has zero, zip, and zilch of a factor in that evaluation.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was convincing the world he doesn't exist.
Racism, well prejudice, in QB evaluation has been around for the longest time.