Do you think it's racial?
I mean, I've scoffed at reports of how Doug Williams was treated. I've smirked at reports of how Randall Cunningham was treated. I've laughed at Warren Moon and his comments of how the black QB is treated.
But I'm starting to think those reports were accurate. Cam is getting hammered in the media. Why? Because he might have taken money from Auburn? Even if he did, why would the NFL care?
You can read what NFL people, not media, but NFL people say about the very talented Mallet. Character matters to them. Cam, one of the most questioned characters in the history of football, was selected No. 1, and the Panthers flat out said they were inundated with calls and emails alleging all manner of bullshit, and found the vast majority of it to be just that.
Gruden, who has coached an NFL team to a Super Bowl does an indepth interview, and the haters used one line from a long interview to impugn Newton, call him an idiot that couldn't remember Auburn's plays, and yet, all the football people said he appeared to take the coaching he got well, and retain it. That he couldn't help it that he played in the offense he played in...we hear this about LOTS of spread college QBs, but with Newton, to the haters, it's absolutely reason to predict miserable failure. All the football people said the same things. Great raw talent, has a lot to learn at this level. All the media people talk about the fucking innuendo and bullshit, and tell you what he says is stupid, even though someone else saying the same thing is considered the absolute right answer.
Oh, and though the NFL had major questions about Mallet's character, did you hear him being run down daily in the media at every turn? Hell no, and you know why? Ark. doesn't have an instate rival driving a smear campaign bus against them. Make no mistake. This shit about Cam is repeated by the national media, but it originates within this state's border.
Fuck them one and all.
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