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Was Case Keenum kept out of the NFL or blackballed from the NFL? If Tebow could pass downfield as effectively as Keenum did this year, or shown "room for improvement," he would be in the NFL somewhere.

When Tebow was the Bronco QB, Don remarked that Eric Decker would be open in the secondary and Tebow couldn't get the ball to him.

A standard black DB play, launching yourself head first instead of keeping your head up and wrapping up the receiver with your arms.

The QB is always the most important player on a team by nature of the position. A RB or WR may be the "best" player on a team though.

On Saturday I was in a store and overheard a black male say "The Titans are going to win today."

No comparison. BTW, the British voted Churchill out of office a few months later. Hitler would have gladly ordered Dresden-type raids if he had the planes and air superiority to do it. All countries carried out bombing of civilians. What Hitler did in Poland was beyond what anybody could imagine.

Rebajlo, The angelic Germans bombarded London (mainly) with the V1 and V2 weapons during 1944-45, killing nearly 10,000 civilians and wounding many thousands more. And this destroyed countless homes. These weapons were intended to kill civilians. Before this, Hitler ordered Operation...

She was supposedly his "estranged" wife. This is what can happen when a black male goes into a rage over a white woman leaving him. This has some similarity to the O.J. Simpson imbroglio. I think Simpson would have killed his two children by Nicole had they gotten out of bed and seen what...

I go back to circa 1960 and Gronkowski is the best TE who ever played.

Some 20 years ago Tim Green (Falcons 1986-93), and later a broadcaster wrote a book titled "The Dark Side of the Game." Despite the title, not much was eye opening. Green did dispel the myth that pro football players were irresistible to women. He wrote: "The fact is that, despite their gold...

Lance Alworth didn't "play alongside Rentzel in 1971 and 72," they were involved in a three team trade in which Alworth went from San Diego to Dallas and Rentzel from Dallas To Los Angeles. The "two guys named Lance" were NOT on the same team. Golden Richards was a "full time starter" during...

I recall Moon got in trouble for battering his wife in 1995. His son, age 8 or 9, called 911. Moon was acquitted at trial when his wife said she "initiated" it. They divorced in 2001. Source Wikipedia.

Don, A very good thread. You have the facts and figures along with familiarity with the period and the careers of the players.

I saw Richmond Flowers play football in person (twice at Neyland Stadium, once in Memphis) a few times at Tennessee. If he hadn't pulled a hamstring, he would have made the 1968 Olympics. Flowers would probably have won a medal. maybe not gold, but bronze or silver at least. Richmond Flowers...

Schiano wasn't much of a success in his other head coaching stints. Had he been a "bright young assistant" or a proven winner as a head coach, I think the "fan uproar" wouldn't have happened. Sports fans have long overlooked moral failings and outright criminal behavior if the team wins. As an...

Recently at National Review, military historian Victor Davis Hanson mentioned the AA preferences given to blacks throughout society. Hanson then lamented the anthem protests despite the NFL being "a meritocracy." Hanson called the NFL "80 % black," which to him is due to "merit." This was only...

From Jon Krakauer's book on Pat Tillman and other accounts, Jake Plummer was the only teammate Tillman was close to. Krakauer never explored how Tillman related to the rest of the Cardinals, or didn't relate.

In the 60's, the civil rights movement was considered to have "legitimate grievances," as you say. The left didn't go as far as they do now in the anti-white direction. The noisy black militants were disliked. When I was in college in the fall of 1970, the black students were calling for...

I remember the 60's all too well. Some of the above material about King came out in 1969 in newspaper stories, though not in very much detail. Now I recall it was a Jack Anderson column.

In the late 60's it became a rule that you had to wear a helmet anytime you were at bat or on the bases.

I'm old enough to remember the 1963 Dodger four game sweep of the Yankees.

It looks like the NFL may adopt a strategy of appealing to left-wing types to replace their "normal" fan base, as they have antagonized the DWF types (most of whom vote Republican). By next year, they might quit playing the National Anthem altogether. Now they're saying the protests are also for...

When you have a black suspect who is dead bang guilty of a brutal murder, the system moves slower than frozen molasses.

Before its always been the so-called "conservatives" who back down.

The Wes Welker episode repeats at 8:30 pm ET on Monday night, October 9. The early part has a lot of film of Weler's high school career. A photo shows him receiving the 1999 Oklahoma high school player of the year award from Barry Switzer. It then details the total lack of college offers. If...