Toby Hillis
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ESPN ranked the 100 best defensive and offensive players in the NFL. Obviously the offensive category had its "fair" share of white superstars, however, to my surprise, almost 23% of the top-TOP tier defensive players in the NFL are white according to ESPN. There are 352 starting defensive players in the NFL to choose from. 9 of the top 40 defensive players are White (in order by rank, according to ESPN):
1) JJ Watt
6) Clay Matthews
11) Justin Smith
14) Jared Allen
22) Luke Kuechly
24) Eric Weddle
28) Brian Cushing
32) Sean Lee
40) Chris Long
There are other White athletes listed in the top 100, I just wanted to highlight the top tier--the best of the best. Since about a 1/4 of the NFL's defensive elite happen to be White, one would think there would be a draft or two where, say, 25-35% of the defensive players selected happened to be White, no? But for "some reason" that NEVER seems to happen. Another observation when looking at this list: every single one of these White defensive players were chosen by their respective teams in the first 2 rounds of the NFL Draft (sans Jared Allen, 4th rd). Yet when a white defensive player is drafted in the first two rounds, all I ever hear DWFs scream is BUST! Hopefully a smart GM who will notice what every member on this site knows--there's no safer pick in the Draft then a White defensive player who is projected to go in the first two rounds. If he's earned that many accolades in spite of the Caste System, chances are he's All-Pro caliber.
http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=9492465
1) JJ Watt
6) Clay Matthews
11) Justin Smith
14) Jared Allen
22) Luke Kuechly
24) Eric Weddle
28) Brian Cushing
32) Sean Lee
40) Chris Long
There are other White athletes listed in the top 100, I just wanted to highlight the top tier--the best of the best. Since about a 1/4 of the NFL's defensive elite happen to be White, one would think there would be a draft or two where, say, 25-35% of the defensive players selected happened to be White, no? But for "some reason" that NEVER seems to happen. Another observation when looking at this list: every single one of these White defensive players were chosen by their respective teams in the first 2 rounds of the NFL Draft (sans Jared Allen, 4th rd). Yet when a white defensive player is drafted in the first two rounds, all I ever hear DWFs scream is BUST! Hopefully a smart GM who will notice what every member on this site knows--there's no safer pick in the Draft then a White defensive player who is projected to go in the first two rounds. If he's earned that many accolades in spite of the Caste System, chances are he's All-Pro caliber.
http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=9492465