Sapient, looked it up. I was also confused by the two Bobby Grier's, but not anymore? Bobby Grier, ex-NFL coach/scout and executive is
not the Bobby Grier that broke the color barrier in the 1956 Sugar Bowl. We are not the only ones "
confused" between the two, as some online listed him (coach/scout) as being born in 1933 -- like the Sugar Bowl star.......It's appears
Bobby Grier from the Dolphins is
not 86 years old, as I posted earlier. According
to this bio, he played at Iowa in the mid-1960's meaning he is probably
75 or 76 years old currently. That makes a bit more sense, as he was with the Texans until a few years ago.
Bobby Grier was hired as a consultant for the Dolphins in 2017. It's not clear if he is still with the team in an official capacity, but his son,
Chris Grier, is the Dolphins current GM. If I were to guess, Bobby Grier is still influencing his son, whether he is officially on the payroll or not. I'd bet he watches a ton of college games and then gives his son some input. Bobby Grier was a longtime NFL running backs coach so he probably had a significant hand (via scouting and suggestion) in the signing/drafting of all the running backs after the last 3 drafts, including Patrick. Perhaps even Zenner recently?
It's also very possible his son, Chris Grier, isn't outwardly and overly caste? Who knows, time will tell? Chris Grier grew up as a football/hockey standout at a basically all white school in the Boston area. His brother, Mike Grier, was
once regarded as the top African-
American player in NHL history and has been an NHL coach. So it's doubtful they are Anthony McFarland (ESPN MNF) type anti-whites.
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NEP01, good point regarding the more recent Eckel and Evans tandem. But like the Lockwood/Turner I mentioned, at least one was a fullback. That said, both tandems are close enough. There are probably other teams since 1992 that have had a white tailback and fullback that ran a bit.
Two white tailbacks at once? That's tough? Looking at the 1,000 yard rushers thread, you might have to go back to the very early 1980's or 1970's to find a team with a
notable tandem of white tailbacks or even "old school" fullback and tailback that ran a lot -- i.e. Kiick and Csonka.
Check out weenie world's dig at Kyle Allen. If I were the Panthers I would be ecstatic I found someone as talented as Allen as an UDFA. Allen has shown a ton of potential - it never ceases to amaze me how viruntley anti-white those cucks over at weenie world are. Newton has not been the answer for the past few seasons. The unrealistic standards we are seeing applied to white QBs is downright ridiculous.
Leo, any white quarterback not drafted in the top 3 rounds has a steep hill to climb.....During the latter part of the 1990's/early 2000's you had three NFL Europe refugees eventually lead teams to Super Bowls -- Kurt Warner, Jake Delhome and Brad Johnson. Warner/Delhome were never drafted; Johnson was a 9th round pick? Early 2000's, Tony Romo went undrafted and still became an entrenched starter by the mid 2000's.....but since Romo, who could you name that was undrafted and became a full time starter? Maybe
Case Keenum this decade, but he's always on a "short leash"? It's incredibly difficult for quarterback's drafted after 3 rounds (or undrafted) to
start in the NFL these days. Even
Kirk Cousins, round 4, is a bit of an anomaly. Actually, the majority of entrenched white starting quarterback's in recent years were fairly high 1st round picks.
Perhaps teams, media and fans are too short on patience? If a undrafted or 4th to 7th round quarterback does not dominate right off the bat, they cry for teams to
draft a "franchise quarterback". Development is suddenly a 4 letter word.
Although recent history does not bode well for
Kyle Allen, he might be helped by the fact he was once the #1 recruit in the nation. However, the Panthers are owned by a big time, anti-white, Jewish liberal owner who might tell his GM he wants a black quarterback. That's another hill to climb for Kyle? Hopefully he breaks through, but he needs to be almost flawless to become an entrenched starter...Jameis Winston does not have the same problem.