The tipping point may end up being Justin Fields. That\u2019s absolutely jaw-dropping because in a sane world, the tipping point should have been Lamar Jackson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet the tipping point should have been Deshaun Watson. Or Teddy Bridgewater. Or Cam Newton. Or any time in the 21st<\/sup> century. Sinking a Black quarterback\u2019s draft stock, reputation and image under the weight of transparently-racist stereotype-riddled commentary should had been left in the 20th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where it also did not belong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What\u2019s happened more often over the past decade is only marginally more subtle than what happened throughout the previous history of the NFL, when teams simply moved Black quarterbacks to other positions with the explanation that the position was too cerebral and that their \u201cathleticism\u201d could be put to better use elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Decades after the Tony Dungys of the world became defensive backs and the Warren Moons went undrafted and fled to Canada, the underlying reasons remain the same. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The powers-that-be in the sports just can\u2019t quite envision a Black quarterback having the mental capacity, work ethic and leadership skills to be handed the most important position in the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These days they don\u2019t directly call Black quarterbacks dumb, lazy and shiftless, but they walk right up to the edge and imply it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n