Just play football and stop talking about those 2 things.

Moon obviously had a much different experience in the nfl 20 years ago then black qb’s do today. He really needs to acknowledge that,its not the same. The way he talks makes it sound like nothings changed though, and thats not a fair assumption.

Warren, you broke a barrier, be proud, but let’s move on. The NFL, and the world, are thankfully very different places in 2011 as opposed to 1978.

Here’s the deal, if I’m an owner, and I need someone to be my quarterback of the future, do I invest my time and millions of dollars in a kid that maybe isn’t the best athlete but has a track record of being hard working, respectful, and responsible, or do I take the kid that has all the athletic tools, but HAS TO LEAVE COLLEGE BECAUSE HE KNOWINGLY AND REPEATEDLY BROKE THE RULES???

Being a QB in the NFL is as much about mentality as it is physicality- on and off the field. Any other position player can be a complete train wreck mentally and it won’t affect a franchise with nearly the same impact.

It’s not a race thing.

It’s not an athletic ability thing.

It’s a “Do I trust my entire offense, and the face of my franchise to a kid that can’t follow the most basic of rules?” thing.

How does a kid that like respond to coaches that are trying to teach him?

How will he represent his franchise if he’s out there with a few million dollars in his pocket?

How will earn the respect of the 10 other men in the huddle with him?

Pryor is suffering the very natural scrutiny of his very unwise choices the same as anyone else of any skin color would have to suffer.

I don’t have the numbers in front of me to make generalizations about athletic ability as it pertains to race, so I won’t. I will say this, though: Pryor (and Newton) have more athletic ability than Jake Locker does. Whether that’s because of race or it’s chance or it’s something else, it’s true.

So here’s the deal: if you need a QB, you consider taking Jake Locker because you need a QB. Jake Locker isn’t going to deliver for you at another position. Either he’s going to end up being a good QB, or PFT will be posting about his exploits coaching in high school around the 2017-2018 season.

A guy with the athletic ability of Pryor is different. A team could draft him because they’re willing to take a chance on a guy who could be a good QB… but a team that sees a more immediate use for him requiring less development may draft him sooner. If he’s more likely to get on the field and produce at another position, a team may take that chance, just to get someone who can get on the field and produce.

Jake Locker wasn’t drafted to be a WR, but it’s not because he’s white. It’s because he’d suck at WR, so there’s no point drafting him to be anything else. If Terrelle Pryor is (supplementally) drafted to be something other than QB, it’s not because he’s black. It’s because he stands a shot at being good at that other position, owing to his raw athletic ability.

Put another way: I’d give Locker and Pryor about even odds of flopping if they were handed starting QB jobs in 2011. (If I were in that business, I might even consider giving the same odds on Newton flopping.) Locker, however, would get far worse odds at succeeding at WR than Pryor would.

No need to apologize in advance for anything you say. Don’t let the race hustlers define you as something you aren’t.

It really bothers me that Warren Moon once was put on trial for beating his wife and was only acquitted because she went on the stand to say it was “her fault” for him choking and hitting her to the point that it left scratches and bruises on her face, neck, back and leg.

So, yeah, we should hold you up as a paragon of virtue and truth because he once played QB.

The slow as molasses Peyton Mannings of the world have to learn to read defenses early and be the best of the best to succeed. If not, there is no athleticism to fall back on, never was. Plenty of big arm white QBs who fail miserably cause they couldnt read the D to save their life. How is Jeff George doing by the way??

Dumb is Dumb, white or black. And you have to be brilliant to play QB in the NFL.

Him & Newton probably have the highest ceiling of all this years QBs, people are underestimating their arms… ?

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Not only do you have MM’s name but you have his intellectual and analytical capacity…

Bigotry, of course, is the use of racism to support an argument that YOUR group is superior to ANOTHER group.

Where Warren Moon may be right–but missing the point–is a strange example of REVERSE racism. Specifically, the suggestion that Jake Locker is not being looked at in other roles.

I personally think this has less to do with a shared belief among white coaches and fans that Locker is a superior QB than players like Pryor…and more to a belief that QB is the ONLY thing he could play…because he is white. There are few white QBs who were spread-offense trained that converted to other positions in the NFL (Matt Jones, who did so poorly, and who?).

The suggestion that Locker would be a bust was high. While all it took was one team to have faith in him–much like Cam Newton–it is pretty clear he COULD have slide Brady Quinn like if that one team had not emerged. This is true for Pryor as well. If one team really, really believes he is the answer…he could go in the first three rounds. If no one does (I don’t), he could slide into the 5th-7th, or even get passed over completely.

But, unlike Jake Locker, many teams will see him as an “athlete” that can be molded into other roles.

Would Locker have gotten that look?

I will say this for Warren Moon. I believe he deserves credit for trying to help these kids. As one of the first successful black QBs, he sees it as a responsibility, and while it leads him to say certain things that are inaccurate or offensive…I personally can cut him some slack. He could just say “I got mine” and ignore the situation entirely. Right or wrong…he’s trying to help, and I give him nothing but credit for that…

And the only reason Cam Newton was the #1 pick in the draft is because he was black! They wanted to shut everyone up.. “OMG this is sooo racist” so they bullied carolina into taking him first. They weren’t about to take the heat!!

I think its racist Tebow wasnt picked first overall last year.. Same difference..

I’m going to move to a country where the people that run it don’t let people influence their decision with the “race card”

Seriously people, lets move on. We have a black president, we are racially equal now..

Terrelle Pryor was an awesome basketball player in high school. He’s supremely athletic. Maybe, just maybe, pro coaches are trying to utilize his skills at another position where he can contribute right away, and be successful.