The viciousness directed toward Tommy Maddox during and since last Sunday's game by Pittsburgh Steelers "fans" is sickening. Prior to the game, Maddox was a popular backup, a feel-good story who went from being a first round NFL draft pick to selling insurance to coming back to the NFL and having success. Now, he is finished in Pittsburgh, all because of one early regular season loss.
As I mentioned in another post, the fans began booing him vociferously immediately.Playing for the injured starter Ben Roethlisberger, Maddoxhadn't played in well over a year, it was a very windy day, and Hines Ward was out with an injury leaving Maddox to throw to the immortal starting WR duo of Cedric Wilson and Antwaan Randel-El. The only NFL caliber receiver in the lineup was rookie TE Heath Miller, who had another very nice game.
Maddox played a poor game, fumbling once and throwing three picks, includingan interceptionin overtime that was returned by Jacksonville for the winning score. Here were his stats: 11 of 28 for 154 yards, 1 TD and 3 Ints.
Here's Byron Leftwich's stat line from the same game: 19 of 35 for 177 yards with 1 TD and 1 Int.
Yes, Maddox's fumble of a snap in OTfollowed bya pick in the next series were decisive. RB Willie Parker fumbled two plays before Maddox did, knocking the team out of field goal territory in OT, but that was completely forgotten as soon as it happened.
The hatred directed toward Maddox is disturbing. After his bad performance, he was ripped because he didn't show enough contrition in his post-game comments. Since then his home has been vandalized and he has practically gone into hiding.
The vitriol directed toward Bill Cowher is almost as bad, based on the unforgiveable sins of not pulling Maddox from the game, and not playing Jerome Bettis in the second half.Benching Maddoxwould have meant playing third stringer Charlie Batch, who was far rustier than Maddox and who would have been throwing to the same lousy wideouts in the same windy conditions. Cowher led the team to a 15-1 record last year and the Steelers are still 3-2 this year but the abuse being heaped on him is merciless.
The vast majority ofwhite football fansare another great illustration of Dumbed Down America -- ignorant but mad as hell and taking their rage out on convenient white targets. When the Steelers lose a game, their world is turned upside down. The black players on the almost all-black team they live and die for are never the recipients oftheir anger. Their anger is irrational, but focused enough not to be directed at black targets, because that would be "racism" and thus their rage is directed at their own kind.
Big Ben Roethlisberger has again become their knight in shining armor. When Ben was throwing the ball over receivers' heads in the playoffs last year and again in exhibition games this summer, the fans were primed to turn on him with a vengeance -- which of course would have entaileddemanding he be replaced with none other thanTommy Maddox. But Ben got off to a terrific start and is safe from the irrational madness of hundreds of thousands of white people living lives of quiet desperation -- until this Sunday's game anyway.
Edited by: Don Wassall
As I mentioned in another post, the fans began booing him vociferously immediately.Playing for the injured starter Ben Roethlisberger, Maddoxhadn't played in well over a year, it was a very windy day, and Hines Ward was out with an injury leaving Maddox to throw to the immortal starting WR duo of Cedric Wilson and Antwaan Randel-El. The only NFL caliber receiver in the lineup was rookie TE Heath Miller, who had another very nice game.
Maddox played a poor game, fumbling once and throwing three picks, includingan interceptionin overtime that was returned by Jacksonville for the winning score. Here were his stats: 11 of 28 for 154 yards, 1 TD and 3 Ints.
Here's Byron Leftwich's stat line from the same game: 19 of 35 for 177 yards with 1 TD and 1 Int.
Yes, Maddox's fumble of a snap in OTfollowed bya pick in the next series were decisive. RB Willie Parker fumbled two plays before Maddox did, knocking the team out of field goal territory in OT, but that was completely forgotten as soon as it happened.
The hatred directed toward Maddox is disturbing. After his bad performance, he was ripped because he didn't show enough contrition in his post-game comments. Since then his home has been vandalized and he has practically gone into hiding.
The vitriol directed toward Bill Cowher is almost as bad, based on the unforgiveable sins of not pulling Maddox from the game, and not playing Jerome Bettis in the second half.Benching Maddoxwould have meant playing third stringer Charlie Batch, who was far rustier than Maddox and who would have been throwing to the same lousy wideouts in the same windy conditions. Cowher led the team to a 15-1 record last year and the Steelers are still 3-2 this year but the abuse being heaped on him is merciless.
The vast majority ofwhite football fansare another great illustration of Dumbed Down America -- ignorant but mad as hell and taking their rage out on convenient white targets. When the Steelers lose a game, their world is turned upside down. The black players on the almost all-black team they live and die for are never the recipients oftheir anger. Their anger is irrational, but focused enough not to be directed at black targets, because that would be "racism" and thus their rage is directed at their own kind.
Big Ben Roethlisberger has again become their knight in shining armor. When Ben was throwing the ball over receivers' heads in the playoffs last year and again in exhibition games this summer, the fans were primed to turn on him with a vengeance -- which of course would have entaileddemanding he be replaced with none other thanTommy Maddox. But Ben got off to a terrific start and is safe from the irrational madness of hundreds of thousands of white people living lives of quiet desperation -- until this Sunday's game anyway.
Edited by: Don Wassall
