Mike Mayock of NFL Network is being accused of racism…kinda sorta. As quoted by one of the Tweeters at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mayock said, “Cam Newton is an unbeleivable athlete,” but that “you have to have the football IQ to make it work.” Fanhouse columnist David C. Steele did not take Mayock’s assessment lightly. Oh, and I should probably mention that Steele is black (and Mayock is not), otherwise this will make even less sense.
It never stops. Unless Mayock can give us conclusive proof, on air, about Newton’s “football IQ,” he should be fired. It’s 2011. I’m tired of this sh:t.
That’s tremendous reverse race-baiting, David, but I have some bad news. The reason Mayock has a job with NFL Network (and you don’t) is because of his ability to offer opinions on crap that nobody can really prove or disprove. And he didn’t reportedly say CAM NEWTON DOES NOT HAVE A HIGH FOOTBALL IQ so much as suggest that quarterbacks need more than athleticism to win in the NFL (See: Young, Vince).
And since when is Cam Newton above reproach? Oh, he won a national title. Yeah, so did Craig Krenzel. It stands to reason that Mayock was simply offering a judgement call about a one-year starting quarterback with documented character issues playing in a prolific offensive system. Or, he just loves objectively evaluating black NFL prospects, all of which he despises based solely on color. Makes perfect sense to me!
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The reverse bait is the 2nd best bate.
That’s raycess?
Fanhouse = joke.
Rebal’s back! Fresh from tree-killing, perhaps?
i dun say it once an ill dun do say it agin. the ayeseesee is the smartist conferance in the natiun, hans dawn. I dun dont kno about yall yanky luvin bassturds fancy “IQ” tess, but its prolly a bunch a crap to keep the herd werkin men athe south dawn!!
Cam newton aint even black anyways, aint no way id have a dam darky tattooed on my lower back. naw he jus dun tanned to much, it’s science ya yanky dumasses! ayeseesee!!1
David Steele puts the colon in SH:T
I assume that you are using Vince Young as an example of the right combination of athleticism and football IQ since he is 30-17 in his career, and The Titans are 15-18 during that same timeframe without him. I guess the only possible conclusion is that the Wonderlic is culturally biased.
Or because he is a scrambling headcase who (a) never threw for 3000 yards A SINGLE YEAR in his career and (b) whose team hasn’t done shit since they let Haynesworth go. One of those.
Oh, I agree completely that Vince Young is an undisciplined and obviously inadequate NFL quarterback that can’t win in the League, as evidenced by his 30-17… well crap. It’s those damn facts again getting in the way of the popular narrative again.
Yes, obviously wins-losses are solely the work of a QB…
You guys are right. We can completely ignore the team’s record without him over the same period. He’s a lazy, no film studying, low Wonderlic scoring non-factor. It was Haynesworth all along plotting to give the illusion of VY being a functional NFL QB.
Oh, so now he’s just a “functional” NFL quarterback? Did he win 30 games all by himself, or is he Trent Dilfer?
Make up your mind.
Completing 58% of your passes in your career obviously shows he is a great QB.
Kerry Collins thinks everyone should have another drink and relax.
Never said he was great. Just pointing out that the implication that VY lacks some quality necessary to win in the NFL is not born out by the facts. I’m sure that the Titans wish they had drafted Leinart instead.
If you’d followed the career of Norm Chow at all, you’d know that they DID want to draft Leinart over Young.
How fortunate for them that they wised up and picked a guy that couldn’t beat Kerry Collins out of the starting job without Bud Adams making a phone call.
Back on track; last year I heard Mayock say the same thing (only a bit more critical) of Tim Tebow.
So I guess following the above Vince Young logic; Mayock IS raycess AND HE HATES CHRISTIANS!!
Colin Cowherd approved of this slight exaggeration of race based issues with athletic black superstars in college.
This just after Michael Vick canceling his appearance on Oprah. Coincidence that SHE’S black? right… And the Super Bowl was won AGAIN by a white quarterback. CONSPIRACY!! THE RAYCESS IS EBERYWHERE!!
Hey Joe (cue Jimi Hendrix); This Vick blow off of Oprah could cost the lives of millions, depending on how mad she really is. But she’s still letting him dog-sit for her while she is out of town.
I am shocked to see accusations of racism flung at an NFL analyst that don’t involve Jason Whitlock in any way.
And I’m glad to see that Vince Young is productively using his new-found free time by spending it with us and getting into arguments with Punte.
Is his VY’s NFL career passer rating over, say, 76?
Hello. What’s Vince Young’s winning percentage? 38-15? Hmmmm. That’s a winner in the NFL. Period. How many games has he won. To say he has no football I.Q. is simply ignoring the facts and buying into a stereo type. Period. And the point is that Mayock doesn’t discredit other physically gifted QBs then discredit their I.Q. to the point where he doesn’t show up to their work out, which is what occurred with Cam Newton. Only this black one. Hmmmmm. Thank you Mr. White Male for showing us your racism. And don’t worry. You can deny or delete this comment but your own racism is going up on The Black Beast, a blog, my block against Racism in Pro Sports. Good day to you sir.
Just so all of us brainless raycess’s are clear.
Vince Young (38-15) is out of a job because hes black, right?
It’s not OK to trash Cam Newton just because he’s black, but is it OK to defend him just because he is?
What we can all hold hands and sing kumbaya to though is this; NFL teams, don’t, give, a, FLIP, about, race, when, making, picks.