Why Can't We Just Leave Donovan Alone?
First Eagles fans booed when the team drafted McNabb over Ricky Williams. Then Rush Limbaugh. Then Freddy Mitchell. Then TO. Then TO again. Now J. Whyatt Mondesire. So who is Mr. Mondesire? Besides the latest McNabb basher, he is the president of the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP. In his column that was published in the Philadelphia Sunday Sun, he wrote, "by claiming that everybody expects black quarterbacks to scramble not only amounts to a breach of faith but also belittles the real struggles of black athletes who've had to overcome real racial stereotypcasting in addition to downright segregation."
The Philadelphia Eagles were a doormat team before Donovan joined them. And all he's done since leaving Syracuse is go to four Pro Bowls and lead the team to four straight NFC championship games, and one Super Bowl. It seems to me that the only person in the city of brotherly love that can't get any love is Donovan McNabb. According to Rush Limbaugh all of these things, along with his gaudy statistics mean only one thing, McNabb is overrated, because he's black.
According to Freddy Mitchell and TO, he gave up in the Super Bowl. Now, I wasn't in the huddle on the last drive, and I can buy that he might have been tired, but that can hardly be the reason that they lost the Super Bowl. Let us not forget, this is the same player that threw four TD passes in a game after he broke his leg a season before.
And now Mr. Mondesire has blessed us with the latest tabloid material for McNabb. Right, McNabb is belittling black athletes by saying that people expect black quarterbacks to run the ball. When is the last time that you saw Peyton Manning or Carson Palmer reel off a 50 yard run? It is by no means racial to make a generalization that the majority of good running quarterbacks are black. Is it coincidence? Maybe. Is it biological? Possibly. Is it ignorant to say? Not exactly, its true.
This guy played the first nine games this season with a sports hernia, bum leg and a bruised chest before he was forced to finish out the season on the IR list. So if anyone is entitled to do a little bit of questioning in Philadelphia, it is their four time Pro Bowler quarterback. Only problem is, he's too nice of a guy to say anything back. What does a poor guy have to do in Philly to get a little bit of appreciation? Actually, I'm sure he could do without verbal praise, as long as people would stop choosing him to throw under the bus without provocation. At least the NAACP president Bruce Gordon got it right when he responded to Mondesire's comments by simply stating, "the NAACP has many civil rights issues that require our attention, criticizing Donovan McNabb is not one of them." Now if only everyone else would find someone else to pick on.
The Philadelphia Eagles were a doormat team before Donovan joined them. And all he's done since leaving Syracuse is go to four Pro Bowls and lead the team to four straight NFC championship games, and one Super Bowl. It seems to me that the only person in the city of brotherly love that can't get any love is Donovan McNabb. According to Rush Limbaugh all of these things, along with his gaudy statistics mean only one thing, McNabb is overrated, because he's black.
According to Freddy Mitchell and TO, he gave up in the Super Bowl. Now, I wasn't in the huddle on the last drive, and I can buy that he might have been tired, but that can hardly be the reason that they lost the Super Bowl. Let us not forget, this is the same player that threw four TD passes in a game after he broke his leg a season before.
And now Mr. Mondesire has blessed us with the latest tabloid material for McNabb. Right, McNabb is belittling black athletes by saying that people expect black quarterbacks to run the ball. When is the last time that you saw Peyton Manning or Carson Palmer reel off a 50 yard run? It is by no means racial to make a generalization that the majority of good running quarterbacks are black. Is it coincidence? Maybe. Is it biological? Possibly. Is it ignorant to say? Not exactly, its true.
This guy played the first nine games this season with a sports hernia, bum leg and a bruised chest before he was forced to finish out the season on the IR list. So if anyone is entitled to do a little bit of questioning in Philadelphia, it is their four time Pro Bowler quarterback. Only problem is, he's too nice of a guy to say anything back. What does a poor guy have to do in Philly to get a little bit of appreciation? Actually, I'm sure he could do without verbal praise, as long as people would stop choosing him to throw under the bus without provocation. At least the NAACP president Bruce Gordon got it right when he responded to Mondesire's comments by simply stating, "the NAACP has many civil rights issues that require our attention, criticizing Donovan McNabb is not one of them." Now if only everyone else would find someone else to pick on.
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