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In looking at the NFL it seems to me that the most likely avenue for an overall increase in white players lies on the defensive side of the football. There are so many all black or almost all black starting lineups out there, and yet there are plenty of white linebackers and d-lineman out there as subs or on practise squads.
This years Chiefs are an interesting example of how easy it is for a white comeback, of sorts anyway. Starting this season they had two white backups on defense, now they have six on the roster, and another, Dacus, on IR drawing an NFL salary. The Bengals are another example, going from one white defensive player to three over the length of this season, with another drawing an NFL salary on IR.
On the offensive side of things it just seems so much harder for whites to make many gains. For one thing, whites are doing very well at QB and fairly well at tight end and offensive line, but in the coveted RB and WR positions the caste system is so powerful that even a few gains, like a Hillis or a Jordy Nelson, is hardly a harbinger of things to come.
So it seems to me that defensive positions, especially of course non-Dback positions, offer many possibilities and opportunities, a juicy field of battle where white players are sometimes making inroads in a black dominated area.
This years Chiefs are an interesting example of how easy it is for a white comeback, of sorts anyway. Starting this season they had two white backups on defense, now they have six on the roster, and another, Dacus, on IR drawing an NFL salary. The Bengals are another example, going from one white defensive player to three over the length of this season, with another drawing an NFL salary on IR.
On the offensive side of things it just seems so much harder for whites to make many gains. For one thing, whites are doing very well at QB and fairly well at tight end and offensive line, but in the coveted RB and WR positions the caste system is so powerful that even a few gains, like a Hillis or a Jordy Nelson, is hardly a harbinger of things to come.
So it seems to me that defensive positions, especially of course non-Dback positions, offer many possibilities and opportunities, a juicy field of battle where white players are sometimes making inroads in a black dominated area.