Quarterback

Norman Davis’ book , the Black Quarterback Syndrome class presentation heighten some awareness in the way organizations conducted their business in a different era. Today, some pioneers tend to experience similar behavior. In the interest of preventing Davis’ (2010) definition of the black quarterback syndrome for pioneers, organizations need to promote diversity. For the purpose to include many people who are different from one another, without taking into account the multitude of problems…

Sports reporter, Kevin Clark, in his article, “The NFL Can’t Protect Its Quarterbacks,” insists that the NFL is incapable of properly protecting their quarterbacks. Clark notices that players are continually getting injured from illegal passes that are not being called as penalties. Clark’s purpose of writing this article is to gain support for his argument that penalties are not being called and the players’ safety of is at risk. He also argues that the NFL needs to find a better way to…

Montana, Roger Staubach, John Elway, and Peyton Manning, but, who is the Best quarterback of all Time? This leads to a very popular debate. There were so many tremendous quarterbacks who played the game of football throughout the years. But there is one that comes to mind, his name is Tom Brady. I believe Tom Brady is the Best quarterback of all-time due to the fact that he has more Super Bowl rings than any other quarterback in NFL history, with five, and the record for Super Bowl MVPs of any…

The Cleveland Browns have been searching for a quarterback for what seems like forever. The Browns have won double-digit games just once since returning to the NFL in 1999, as Derek Anderson went 10-5 as Cleveland’s starter in 2007. To fix their issues behind center, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that the Browns will try to trade for New England Patriots quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, depending on how their draft evaluations go over the next several weeks. But before we get into whether the…

needs to get his act together before Pete calls in his backup!” my dad exclaims. He is arguably the biggest Seahawks fan in town, and undoubtedly the loudest person to watch a football game with. While it is common to see Geno Smith and other Black quarterbacks take the field every Sunday night,…

The Effects of Racial Bias on Sports as Entertainment Sports in the last hundred years or so-have become significantly more diverse in terms of the ethnic and racial backgrounds of their participants. Years ago, the NFL, NBA, MLB, etc. were predominantly, and at a certain point, exclusively, white leagues. White players, white coaches, white owners and even white cheerleaders. And while the sports world, like the real world, doesn’t have to deal with much blatant racism--like not allowing a…

When you think of an NFL quarterback, one might assume that all quarterbacks were adept at football their entire life. In most instances that may be true, but for Ben Roethlisberger his chance to shine came almost never came to be. However, we know his chance came otherwise I wouldn’t be here writing about him. In this essay we will take a look at the legacy Roethlisberger has made for himself. All stories have a beginning and ours starts on March 2, 1982 in Lima, Ohio. Roethlisberger was…

season the Colts now have the 1st overall pick in the 2012 NFL draft coming up at the end of April. As of right now Andrew Luck (senior quarterback at Stanford) looks like he has all of the tools to become the next great NFL quarterback, ironically analysts say that he is similar to Peyton Manning. This is Ironic because currently the leader and starting quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts is Peyton Manning. After over a decade with the Colts and a few injuries, many people feel that the…

There are many key components to a good football team. The quarterback position would have to be one of the most important. The quarterback is seen as the leader of the team, and could be the determining factor to a successful football team. There have been many great quarterbacks such as: Tom Brady, Joe Montana, John Elway, Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers, etc. There is no doubt that Peyton Manning is among the list of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. Peyton Manning was born in 1976, New…

Steelers and the main reason they are winning is because of their defense. Who really cares who starting at quarterback on this team, it does not matter. Pittsburgh Steelers defense is getting the job done As we all know that the Steelers number 1 quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger is currently serving a 4 games suspension. So the Steelers have been forced to use their 2nd and 3rd string quarterback o fill in. Guys like Byron Leftwich, Dennis Dixon and now Charlie Batch are you starting Pittsburgh…