I have to say I don't love seeing the Patriots struggle this much against the Texans. Nevertheless...
Edelman is looking great. A pair of uber-DWF radio hosts in bean town has been very grudgingly admitting his ability referring to him as a "nice piece". A recent quote: "But no one can tell me that he is a first receiver. He's doing well but he's not a first receiver." Both agreed.
Buddy, when you are the leading receiver on a 9-3 New England Patriots team, I am sorry, you're a first receiver. There can't be a clearer litmus. And I am also sorry if kids like this stuffed you into lockers during HS but believe me, the black kids would have done worse had you gone to school with any. So take a little step back from your own limited experience and attendant grudges.
Some of these whites are just jealous of other whites who are successful professional athletes.
And the subtext is more racist than anything we could dream up. The black is imagined as a completely separate category of human specializing in athletic ability and therefore not a reasonable subject for envy. I mean a horse can run faster than a human but who cares? It's a dumb animal specializing in the ability. Whereas when white athletes start to dominate a sport, the same dope has to account for why HE is such a pussified and physically inferior specimen. He'd rather that athlete fail.