Warren Moon doesn't think the NFL draft assessment has changed much

Doesnt he do this shite every year?

Trying to think of 1st round black qbs:

Cam Newton
RG3
Akili Smith
Jason Campbell
Vince Young
Mike Vick
Jamarcus Russell

Newton #1 overall
RG3 #2 overall
Geno Smith will likely be a top 10 pick

All in consecutive drafts. It certainly doesn't seem like teams are being very racist when it comes to QBs.

It seems to me he'd be better served addressing media members, as those seem to be the ones ripping into black QBs for being "athletes" and not "QBs."

These types of things were said about Cam, RGIII, Russell Wilson, now Geno.

Yet, 3 of those 4 are top 2 picks, 1 is likely top 10 and the other was just a gigantic whiff cause he's a 5'10 bad arse.

What about the lack of white receivers or running backs?



The best player at the position will get the spot. Cam Newton and RG3 proves his theory wrong. Geno Smith will likely also be a top 10 pick.

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“It sounds the same as two years ago,”

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because the same guy that made the scathing assessment of Geno made one about Cam. go after that guy, Warren.

I kinda see what he's talking about, but I think it's more incidental at this point.

Let's use two running backs as an example: Adrian Peterson and Jacob Hester. Peterson obviously busts his arse to play ball. We know this. But we don't need to prop up Peterson by praising his work ethic, because he's a freak athlete with insane running back skills, a miraculous ability to bounce back from injury and high statistical productivity. Hester is less athletic, less skilled, less durable and less productive. Hester gets praised for his "work ethic," "intangibles," "effort," etc. because media types always look to praise every player they cover and objectively Hester isn't as good as Peterson, so they pull from the subjective terms -- that, to be very clear, are still accurate descriptors -- so they have something good to say about him.

I don't think it has anything to do with race, unless someone wants to open up the can of worms and say black players are more athletic and skilled than white players. (I'm not going there.) It has everything to do with media types blindly trying to prop up everyone and having to dig to find things to prop up players who aren't in the top tiers in their respective positions. It just so happens that the top tier players at the skill positions have been black. It *could* have to do with race (reinforcing subconscious stereotypes or whatever), but I think the more likely explanation is that media types are overly complimentary and reach to the subjective stuff to prop up less productive players. Race is incidental.

I think the NFL is about as unracist as a professional, when it comes to players. The best players play, and if you don't produce you are out with the quickness. well except for the jets.

Warren Moon bitching about racism means the draft is right around the corner