Nashville not racist

by TitanRob on Dec 20, 2008 11:02 PM CST

It has long been said that the backup QB is the most popular guy on any NFL team. Since the Oilers / Titans have been around that has definitley been true. I remember in 1999 when McNair would struggle, everyone would call for backup Neil O'Donnell to come in and save the day. At the time I thought that Nashville was racist and only wanted O'Donnell because he was a white QB. Then Vince Young became our QB and when he would struggle everyone would call for backup Kerry Collins. I again presumed that Nashville was racist and wanted Collins because he was a white QB. But now Collins is our starting QB and Vince Young is the backup, and the fans are calling for Vince to come in and save the day. I guess Nashville isn't all that racist after all. That really puts Nashville in a better light in my mind. I guess we are just a normal NFL city that will always have our eyes at the end of the bench waiting for the backup QB to come in and save the day.

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i don't think race has anything to do with it

at least i hope not….

but remember, warren moon didn’t even get drafted in the nfl and had to spend 6 years in edmonton….. imagine the stats he would have put up if he had spent those years in the nfl? he would have every single career record, possibly a championship and probably in the argument for best ever. and mcnair didn’t get recruited as a qb by a division 1a school – they all wanted him to play safety….

but in this day and age i like to think that being black isn’t as much as a obstacle in the nfl as it used to be. college and high school? who really knows…

by vancouverTITAN on Dec 20, 2008 11:30 PM CST reply actions

stankin mcnair

he used to roast us every year. so glad he is retired.

by Bleed-Black&Gold on Dec 20, 2008 11:46 PM CST reply actions

I really

dont think it’s about race. Jay Cutler didn’t play at Vandy for the education. They were the only D1 school that wanted him as a QB. Everyone else wanted him to play safety. Now they say he has the best arm in the NFL. How did everyone miss on that one?

by The Nasty One Lives on Dec 21, 2008 1:50 AM CST reply actions