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The runningback situation is very disappointing but to be honest I'm not surprised at all. In terms of the whiter teams not doing well, the Packers and Patriots obviously are and if you look at the Texans schedule things should get better for them over the next month with some easier teams coming along. The Bills are hardly the most white friendly team, but when their one black O-lineman went down today, they had an all-white O-line, and Williams and Kelsey are key players on defense when healthy. The Colts are a huge disappointment, but the one saving grace with that is that if the Texans can right the ship, they'll win the AFC south instead.
One the QB front, we are down to only five black QBs starting in the near future, with Campbell now out for awhile, and Mcnabb should be done with sooner or later. Also, the Cam Newton express seems to have slowed down quite a bit, so on the all important QB front things aren't looking too bad. White tight ends keep on trucking, with Gronkowski, Ballard, Shockey-Olsen, Witten etc all doing ok, and Dallas Clark seems to be getting more involved as well. On the Wide Receiver front, there are some bright spots like Welker, and even the fact of Sanzenbacher sporadicallly getting TD's, and the emergence of Eric Decker.
I think if we focus too much on the disastrous Hillis-Gerhart situation we will get overly discouraged. At least guys like Ryan Kerrigan, the "surprising" Bills O-line, Sean Lee, Justin Smith, Adam Snyder (whose takover of the right guard position from Chilo Rachal has coincided with improvements on the 49ers O-line play) and other unheralded white defenders and important O-lineman are out there leading their teams to victories.
One the QB front, we are down to only five black QBs starting in the near future, with Campbell now out for awhile, and Mcnabb should be done with sooner or later. Also, the Cam Newton express seems to have slowed down quite a bit, so on the all important QB front things aren't looking too bad. White tight ends keep on trucking, with Gronkowski, Ballard, Shockey-Olsen, Witten etc all doing ok, and Dallas Clark seems to be getting more involved as well. On the Wide Receiver front, there are some bright spots like Welker, and even the fact of Sanzenbacher sporadicallly getting TD's, and the emergence of Eric Decker.
I think if we focus too much on the disastrous Hillis-Gerhart situation we will get overly discouraged. At least guys like Ryan Kerrigan, the "surprising" Bills O-line, Sean Lee, Justin Smith, Adam Snyder (whose takover of the right guard position from Chilo Rachal has coincided with improvements on the 49ers O-line play) and other unheralded white defenders and important O-lineman are out there leading their teams to victories.