APFrom the “Now I’ve heard everything” department: An NFL coach says he’s concerned about whether TCU quarterback Andy Dalton can lead an NFL team — not because of the content of his character but because of the color of his hair.
Peter King’s story in this week’s Sports Illustrated about the way teams scrutinize quarterbacks concludes with that detail: An unnamed coach couldn’t think of any great read-headed quarterbacks and admitted to thinking that Dalton, a redhead, might be lacking something that quarterbacks need.
“Has there ever been a red-headed quarterback in the NFL who’s really done well?” the coach asked. “It sounds idiotic, but is there any way that could be a factor? We’ve wondered.”
The coach is right: It does sound idiotic, like something Eric Cartman would have suggested in the South Park episode “Ginger Kids.”
But it just goes to show how intense the scrutiny of players can get in the days leading up to the draft. If coaches are looking at hair color, they’re looking at everything.
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Really?
well having no soul could affect his leadership ability
Okay, so have the kid color his hair… problem solved
As it should be. Everyone knows that gingers have no souls.
doesn’t Jeff Garcia have red hair?
They are known to be fiery competitors.
I’d bet it was someone in Miami.
the real question here is, does the carpet match the drapes?
Sick!
Gross!
YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!!?? (John McEnroe Voice)
Andy’s mentor Sean White says you have to have been a famous redheaded athlete to really understand the obstacles and prejudices you face.
Lol
Never trust a ginger.
FACT:
Gingers have no souls. Need proof? Watch ‘Problem Child’.
Reminds me of words of wisdom I recieved from my wise old Great-Granfather in regards to red headed women – “Red on the head equals fire in the bed”. Somehow that may translate to the football field.
I wouldn’t want a fire-crotch to be my starting QB!
Sonny Jurgensen wasn’t too shabby!
“An unnamed coach couldn’t think of any great read-headed quarterbacks and admitted to thinking that Dalton, a redhead, might be lacking something that quarterbacks need.”
You could go back 30 years and replace the word “red head” with the word “black”.
Oh okay, I thought this new reason would have been outrageous. Turns out it is quite reasonable…
GINGER *clap* *clap* POWER
Bill Walton will be speaking about Ginger Racism before the draft.
Better red than dead! Better red than dead!
Seriously though, many redheads have done great things before such as Ron Howard and…. others
LOL! Now I have heard it all. So if you thought a QB was the next Tom Brady you would skip drafting him rather then buy him some Just For Men?? Awesome!
They also wondered if there was anything other than pulp and seeds inside that hideously grinning orange pumpkin.
Okay, football is never on my mind when I think about red heads….
Paging Warren Moon.
“Hi, I’m Sonny Jurgensen, and I’m an NFL Hall of Fame quarterback. I also had red hair, back then.”
So there was this red-headed Hall of Fame QB name Sonny Jurgensen…..
Still a heck of a color announcer for the Skins.
Didn’t Sonny Jurgensen have red hair?
never trust a ginger
No soul to sell to the devil for a ring. The other red flag would be being too nice of a guy like Dan Marino in Little Nicky. Now you know why Big Ben has a couple.
Sonny Jurgensen
Sammy Baugh
Jeff Garcia had a red head
Warren Moon doesn’t realize just how bad the gingers have it.
On the other hand Dalton does recall attending an interview session with Cam Newton where the interviewer came into the waiting room and asked “Which one of you is the mobile, athletic guy and which is the stubborn and bad tempered?”.
He’s just lucky he isn’t Japanese, or he would be doubly screwed over.
I’d rather be dead than red.
After a few bad games the Raggedy Andy jokes would a fly’n.
Have you ever heard of Brian Ambrosino. When he had hair it was red. That Friar would not be too pleased to hear the gingers are being slammed by NFL scouts.
Until the color of a man’s hair is of no more significance than the color of his eyes, I’ve got to say WAR.
Also, Sonny Jurgensen wasn’t half bad.
Being Irish, I find this offensive!!
Blake Griffen has red hair. And he’s black (I think…) and that hasn’t slowed him down at the next level.
Didn’t Doug Williams put these silly arguements to rest about 26 years ago?
Either way, Dalton could grow up to be the next Jason Garrett.
if they wont disqualify them for having a fro, they shouldnt disqualify them for having red hair.
Lol, GINGER’S DO HAVE SOULS!
hall of famer sonny jurgenson had red hair.
I bet that s.o.b has freckles too……..
Someone needs to look into if there has ever been a good nfl qb with freckles……now before it is too late……the draft is in 1 week for Christs sake!
HHahahahh gingers..
this is ridiculous.
Carrot top had a cannon when coming outta highschool.. but no one gave him a chance.
I heard the NAARP (National Association For The Advancement Of Red-Headed People) is suing the NFL over this for discrimination.
Ad long as he plays like his hair is on fire on Sundays really care if he is a redhead.
when did Cartman become an NFL coach?
“This disease is called “Gingervitis”. Kids who have Gingervitis cannot be cured. “
that coach needs to get fired
Silly. Red hair is a red flag for COMMISSIONERS, not QB’s.
Is he natural red head?
Greg Cook had red hair, and Bill Walsh thought that if not for his injury he could have been one of the all time greats.
Some people think that Red hair especially that bright red is a sign of a deformity. I would tend to agree that it is unnatural.
Didn’t jarmarcus russell have red hair?
This one of the dumbest things i have ever heard. And this is coming from a non-redhead.
For that teams sake I am going to pray that it was not a head coach or any coach with any real pull in the organization….because if it is you have exposed the flaw of some cellar dwellers problem..while good teams evaluate talent this coach is focusing on hair color and lord knows whatever else
Funny that this story is posted on 4/20.. I had this exact debate on ginger-athletes the other day under ‘similar circumstances’
At least he’s not from Jersey.
Brad Johnson won a Super Bowl.
This coach also won’t draft a player with the first name of Peter, because of similar reasons.
Redheaded quarterbacks are the new black quarterbacks.
It has been proven that redheads have a genetically lower threshold for pain.
This is why there are so few professional ginger athletes….
Well, that and because most sports are played in the sun.
Nice work putting red hair in the title of one of your posts on 420
I wonder if he is a “natural” redhead? I wonder if the coach did his due diligence to make sure?
Being a Ginger is something you’re born with. Coloring your hair black doesn’t make you not a Ginger just like a non-Ginger coloring his hair red doesn’t make him a Ginger.
Good thing Dalton is only soulless and doesn’t have a strange last name as well. Being a Ginger with a weird last name for a quarterback? He’d have no chance.
Time to amend the Rooney Rule.
Greation Formula takes care of my hair color. These GMs are nuts.
This is without a doubt the dumbest thing I’ve heard in this draft year. It’s right up there with the reporter that asked Doug Williams at the Super Bowl – “How long have you been a black Quarterback?”
That “great” Cowboys quarterback, and now head coach, Jason Garrett has red hair!
Todd Marinovich, no wait…
Archie Manning had red hair. He was a pretty good QB and sired two Super Bowl winners. Maybe the coach should just draft the guy and put him out for stud.
Red heads are also worse at hosting late night TV shows compared to people with big chins.
I get a visual of Carrot Top doing a five step drop.
What part of dog is that like again?
Carson Palmer
They should check Dalton’s birth certificate while their at it.
Did some of you actually mention Jeff Garcia as being one of the greats? Really??
I can see the headlines now: ” Dalton beaten like a red-headed step child”
Your right coach, it sounds idiotic. And if I were the owner of the team, you’d be fired because I wouldn’t want an idiot on my coaching staff.
How many QB’s with red hair have done poorly in the NFL?
vertekal says:
Apr 20, 2011 4:15 PM
doesn’t Jeff Garcia have red hair?
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He said GREAT QBs
when is the national kick an nfl ginger quarterback day gonna be?
Has there ever been a successful head coach with such a big mouth and an empty head?
1) Bloody ridiculous
2) When he gets as old as I am it’ll be gray anyway.
3) Would Warren Moon call this racism?
Dalton’s Agent, One Alfred E. Nueman, released a statement that this news regarding hair color should not affect his draft status. He has been working hard with his strength and conditioning coach , Howdy Doody, who claims Dalton has increased his rapid one arm pullups to 50 reps per minute.
Had to be Sparano. But Jeff Ireland might have been the first to wonder about it out loud.
As I recall, Ginger!Cartman led the Gingers to kidnap every other youngster in town. He also rented the auditorium, arranged the catering, talked the Gingers into a mass sacrifice, THEN talked them out of it. Sounds like someone you’d want running the show.
Fran Tarkenton? I remember watching him play and I remember watching him on That’s Incredible, but it’s been a long time. My hair was red back then too.
This:
“It has been proven that redheads have a genetically lower threshold for pain.”
has been shown false (but it was just Mythbusters, so take it for what it’s worth)
Natural redheads have a lower pain tolerance than people of other hair colors.
BUSTED
The test was to put one hand in an ice bath at 1°C for as long as subjexts could endure. Two dozen people of each group (redheads and non-redheads) took part. The average time for the redheads was 132.2 seconds, while that for the non-redheads was 79.1 seconds.
I know what he’s lacking. It’s what all gingers are lacking. A soul. Gingers have no soul.
Anne of Green Gables was right!
What, you don’t get that reference?
Donny Most never played in the NFL. Case closed.
LOL!! These coaches are toying with the media now, and you idiots are falling for it.
Why should Warren Moon be called for what is likely white on white racism?
You guys are idiots.
Perfectly reasonable thought.
And while we’re at it, lets fire all balding, fat NFL coaches on that basis.
Quoting Moe from Three Stooges,
‘Wadda maroon’.
So was it the coach of the Bills, Panthers, Browns or Bengals that made this silly observation? It is not hard to tell such an assessment came from the coach of any kind of successful franchise.
Let’s just hope he ends up playing more like Sonny Jurgensen than Ginger or Opie Taylor.