Donovan McNabb’s Rant

McNabb’s supposed to be on HBO tonight. Part of the interview consists of:

"There's not that many African-American quarterbacks, so we have to do a little bit extra," McNabb tells HBO. "Because the percentage of us playing this position, which people didn't want us to play ... is low, so we do a little extra."

Later in the interview, Brown presses McNabb on criticism of his performance -- and if African-American QBs are graded more harshly.

"I pass for 300 yards, our team wins by seven, [mimicking] 'Ah, he could've made this throw, they would have scored if he did this,' " McNabb tells HBO.

"Doesn't every quarterback go through that?" Brown asks.
"Not everybody," McNabb replies.

Brown then asks if the media is tougher on him than on white quarterbacks such as Carson Palmer and Peyton Manning.

"Let me start by saying I love those guys," McNabb tells HBO. "But they don't get criticized as much as we do. They don't."

“They don’t get criticized as much as we do.” Humph. Didn’t Adam Sandler get tasered in Anger Management when he said “What’s wrong with you people?” to the black security guy on the airplane?

So let me ask you, do you have any problems with black quarterbacks? Seriously, do you? You all know that I have a problem with Michael Vick. And I had a huge issue with Daunte Culpepper just because he used to kill the Packers with his passes to Randy Moss and his 10 yard 260 lb rumbles down the field (so this huge issue is actually a complement to Culpepper). Jason Campbell did well enough to secure a Washington Redskin win and poor enough to keep the total under (thank you) in the Monday Night Football game last night. Byron Leftwitch, who has never played a game healthy, has been talking with the Atlanta Falcons and could easily take Joey Harrington’s starting spot. And the number one pick in the draft, JaMarcus Russell, should be in the starting rotation soon once Josh McCown goes 8 for 16 for 73 yards again. Former Nike poster boy Kordell Stewart had his days playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Randle Cunningham had a long and successful career. And I’m sure I’m leaving out a whole lot of black dudes who played quarterback in the NFL.

I don’t think black quarterbacks are criticized more than white quarterbacks. I don’t think many black quarterbacks have been criticized more the New York Jet’s fragile quarterback Chad Pennington.

My only question is why they won’t let the white guys carry the ball out of the backfield.



And straight from the mouth of New York Knicks President Isaiah Thomas:

On the tape, Thomas also said that he would find it more offensive if a white male called a black female a "bitch," than if a black male used the same term when speaking to a black female.

Ok, Isaiah, how do you like this one, a white man calling a black man a bitch, you, you, you bitch!