Black QBs in the NFL

I decided to take a look at a few stats that demonstrate if a team has a good offense or not, and to the surprise of no one here at CF the top 10 is mostly helmed by white qb’s and the bottom dwellers is almost all black qb’s. For example in yards per play 7/10 are white and 9/10 worst have black qb’s with the one exception being Cincinnati, who would have a top five or at worst top 10 offense if Burrow didn’t get hurt. For EPA 8/12 best are white and from 20-32, 10 have black qb’s! The only teams with white qbs are the bengals (burrow injury), vikings (legit terrible), and giants which I assume has to do mostly with the Russell Wilson games he started. And in yards per attempt we have whites in 8/11 top spots and 8/11 bottom being black with the exception being again the bengals, denver (surprising) and jacksonville (also surprising). Correlation doesn’t always equal causation, but the evidence seems to suggest that if you want a good offense, get a white QB.
 
The black quarterbacks had their banner week in the 8th Sunday of the season. For the first time this year, The Year of the Black Starting QB, have they managed to win the majority of the interracial matchups. Good for those plucky underdogs. Will week 9 revert back to them being beaten like drums or will the black power movement continue to build momentum? Stay tuned.

Also, for those keeping score at home:

White vs black
Week 1: 9-2
Week 2: 7-2
Week 3: 8-1
Week 4: 3-1
Week 5: 4-3
Week 6: 6-3
Week 7: 3-1
Week 8: 4-5
Week 9: 6-1

Edit to add: Week 9
 
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Looking like 6-1 again if I’m not mistaken!

Posting this everywhere on social media to ruffle some feathers.
 
For the past few seasons, black QBs have dominated fantasy predictions and projections thanks mainly to their running ability. It wasn't unusual to see just Josh Allen and Joe Burrow (when healthy) ranked among the top ten in any given week's rankings. But just now checking the Week 10 rankings on a pay site I consider to be the best one, we find:

1. Allen
2. Herbert
3. Dart
4. Nix
5. Purdy
6. Stafford
7. Caleb Williams
8. Maye
9. Jones
10. Mayfield

Even Lamar Jackson has dropped out of the top ten, coming in at number eleven. The dramatic rise and turnarounds of a number of White QBs in recent years, the continued excellence of others, combined with the rather dramatic decline of a number of black QBs is the biggest story of the 2025 season so far, one to feel great about.
 
Don Wassall said:
For the past few seasons, black QBs have dominated fantasy predictions and projections thanks mainly to their running ability. It wasn't unusual to see just Josh Allen and Joe Burrow (when healthy) ranked among the top ten in any given week's rankings. But just now checking the Week 10 rankings on a pay site I consider to be the best one, we find:

1. Allen
2. Herbert
3. Dart
4. Nix
5. Purdy
6. Stafford
7. Caleb Williams
8. Maye
9. Jones
10. Mayfield

Even Lamar Jackson has dropped out of the top ten, coming in at number eleven. The dramatic rise and turnarounds of a number of White QBs in recent years, the continued excellence of others, combined with the rather dramatic decline of a number of black QBs is the biggest story of the 2025 season so far, one to feel great about.
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Yes, we see the same thing in the NFL MVP odds, according to ESPN.

Josh Allen+175
Drake Maye+400
Patrick Mahomes+425
Matthew Stafford+600
Baker Mayfield+1600
Sam Darnold+2000
Justin Herbert+2000
 
For those keeping score at home:

White vs black
Week 1: 9-2
Week 2: 7-2
Week 3: 8-1
Week 4: 3-1
Week 5: 4-3
Week 6: 6-3
Week 7: 3-1
Week 8: 4-5
Week 9: 6-1
Week 10: 5-3
 
Freethinker said:
For those keeping score at home:

White vs black
Week 1: 9-2
Week 2: 7-2
Week 3: 8-1
Week 4: 3-1
Week 5: 4-3
Week 6: 6-3
Week 7: 3-1
Week 8: 4-5
Week 9: 6-1
Week 10: 5-3
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You didn't count Houston vs Jacksonville right? Since Mills was playing for Houston. Also there should be an asterisk for the Giants loss as Dart went out with an injury and the loss was incurred with Wilson's ineptness. Nitpicking I know lol.
 
Leonardfan said:
You didn't count Houston vs Jacksonville right? Since Mills was playing for Houston. Also there should be an asterisk for the Giants loss as Dart went out with an injury and the loss was incurred with Wilson's ineptness. Nitpicking I know lol.
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Nope. The 3 loses were to Tua, Lamar and Caleb. However, you are right if you want to apply an asterisk there as Wilson was in for the Giants 4th quarter collapse.
 
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Here is a recent BSPN article that talks about the teams most likely to make a QB change next season.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...des-cuts-retirements-murray-tagovailoa-fields

The spoiler here is that Murray, Smith and Fields are listed as "on their way out". Then we have Tua in the "would move if they could" category. Young is mentioned as "evaluation time might be up". Penix falls into the "might face competition" section and Gabriel as a "placeholder for someone more exciting". All in all, of the quarterbacks mentioned for replacement or competition due to performance, 7 of the 9 are non-Whites. Only McCarthy and Shough are mentioned as needing competition or being a potential placeholder.

*I'm not counting Stafford or Rodgers, who are mentioned as potential retirements*
 
Freethinker said:
Here is a recent BSPN article that talks about the teams most likely to make a QB change next season.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...des-cuts-retirements-murray-tagovailoa-fields

The spoiler here is that Murray, Smith and Fields are listed as "on their way out". Then we have Tua in the "would move if they could" category. Young is mentioned as "evaluation time might be up". Penix falls into the "might face competition" section and Gabriel as a "placeholder for someone more exciting". All in all, of the quarterbacks mentioned for replacement or competition due to performance, 7 of the 9 are non-Whites. Only McCarthy and Shough are mentioned as needing competition or being a potential placeholder.

*I'm not counting Stafford or Rodgers, who are mentioned as potential retirements*
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Way too early to judge McCarthy and Shough.
 
I didn't watch any of the game but every report I've seen says that Shough "surprised" the "experts" by how well he played last week, well enough to most likely consign Rattler to the bench for the rest of the season. That's a White specialty of course, "surprising" the hive mind army that always expects them to come up lacking at whatever position they play.

McCarthy's struggled some but is improving. He's also a first round draft choice and Kevin O'Connell is a "quarterback whisperer" so it'll be a large upset if he doesn't develop into a strong starter.
 
McCarthy is 2-2 as a starter in his first season as a 22 year old. It’s absurd but predictable that the “experts” are eager to write him off.
 
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