Well, apparently he can throw well enough now to be anointed the Raiders' starting QB. This is turning into a surrealistic situation; even the most cynical CF posters could not have envisioned someone as demonstrably awful, someone the jock sniffers have never even really promoted, being handed the starting job. And Matt Flynn should be turning to CF for solace. Beaten out, against all odds, by magical black quarterbacks two years in a row?
So Terrelle Pryor is a starting NFL QB, but Tim Tebow isn't? And neither is Brady Quinn, Matt Leinart, and countless other far more talented players than him. Really, how absurd can this black quarterback campaign get? I actually wouldn't be surprised to see Jamarcus Russell being handed a starting gig somewhere. If Pryor can be permitted to start, what black QB can't?
If Pryor, Smiff and Manuel have any success at all this season, I believe it further proves that what started during Scam's magical rookie season is now entrenched NFL policy. All the recent magical black quarterbacks have taken the helm for really, really bad offenses. We all predicted they'd fail, and they should have. Somehow, against all odds, they managed to succeed, to put up great stats and, in the case of Wilson and Griffin, to lead miserable teams to the playoffs.
If this black quarterback nonsense doesn't diminish soon, I believe I can summon up the strength to finally kick this NFL habit, in spite of my fondness for fantasy football.