A good quarterback cannot operate alone. Without a solid backup from the rest of the offense, the quarterback will get hammered.
On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 06:30:09PM -0400, Michael Pollak wrote: > On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Eugene Coyle wrote: > > > I thought the Allan Barra piece was pretty good, till I got to this > > sentence near the end: > > > > > Rush Limbaugh didn't say Donovan McNabb was a bad quarterback because > > > he is black. He said that the media have overrated McNabb because he > > > is black, and Limbaugh is right. > > You're exactly right Eugene, you put your finger on exactly where he went > too far. Part of why McNabb is overrated might be because he's black. > But a lot of it, and maybe most of it, is surely simply because he was a > superstar in college, he's paid a lot, the fans like him personally and > his team wins. > > Barra should have said Limbaugh's argument was plausible rather than that > it was right. > > Still with my optimist's hat on, I have to say: it cheers me up even more > that Limbaugh's been piloried if what he says isn't outrageous. I want > conservatives to get really worked up over the unfairness of it. Because > then they'll just feel compelled to throw themselves on the electric fence > again. > > Michael -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
