Thanks, Carson Palmer

Originally posted by whiteathlete33 I can't remember where I read that but Bryant was supposedly supposed to be a slot receiver with the signing of Owens.

Edited by Don Wassall - 31 July 2010 at 6:03pm

Whew, what a thread. I just now took a look through it. Matt Jones' chances don't look very good at all now. I agree with JCs assessment of Matt as a player and athlete. He has to be at the very top of the list when it comes to White NFL players who have been screwed the most by the Caste System. It saddens me to know that the NFL desperately needs players like him but won't use him simply because he's White.

The BlingOlds' main starter at TE in '09 was Daniel "Fat Boy" Coats (11 out of 16 games). They used him as a blocker mostly, which is great because he's not a good pass catcher at all. The emerging screwjob of Chase Coffman also ticks me off. Take a look at his profile page here. See what it says at the bottom? "Finished his Missouri career as all-time NCAA receptions leader (247) among tight ends, but had the ‘project’ tag as a rookie because he saw only limited work in college as a blocker."

Compare that to the description of Gresham found here. Somehow, Coffman is not built as "lean" as Gresham despite being an inch taller and 10 pounds lighter?  What a lie! Gresham might be a better blocker than Coffman, but I doubt he will ever be a better pass catcher. This reminds me of what happened to the smaller but immensely talented record breaking Tulsa TE, Garrett Mills.

As to the QB situation, this is one reason why I'm not a huge fan of most NFL QBs. I want to see them do well/do their part to weaken the Caste System and resist the quotaback trend, but I don't usually follow them to the same extent that I follow White DBs/WRs/RBs/etc. Their role as leaders of 70% non-white teams puts them under steady pressure to go along with the current NFL culture and climate, and as a result, they sometimes say or do things that are counter productive to our cause/to the cause of other White athletes we root for. I don't really expect them to say or do much to buck the trends, as I know they are mostly concerned about keeping their jobs and income. I don't like this, but that seems to be the way it is. Its not that other White players never do this, but I believe QBs are the ones who most often do it. Selfishness and the love of money (or whatever you want to call it) certainly complicate matters when it comes to fighting the Caste System.