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Anyone catch the most recent Audible? I am normally a big fan, one of my favorite podcasts (and I listen to just about everything out there). That includes specifically being a big fan of Bloom, Cecil, Jene, and Matt. That's why I was so surprised when it went completely off the rails when Bridgewater came up.
Waldman went on this pretty substantial rant about how Bridgewater is going to drop outside the top 10 because of the "indirect racism" by NFL owners and GM's, and how, because he's a black man, they don't want him to be the "corporate face" of their franchise. He even went so far as to put this out on the media, saying that the writing about his pro day, and about the people he surrounds himself, is basically all code for more racism.
I'm not stupid, I know racism exists, and that includes inside some NFL teams. But this sounded like a rant from 20 years ago.
Cam, Russell, Vince Young, all #1 overall picks. RGIII was #2. EJ Manuel in the teens. Jason Campbell was a late 1st rounder. I know Bridgewater is not the physical specimen that some of these guys are, but does that mean owners are only racis against black guys with smallish builds?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not "offended" or anything. I just thought it was crazy, largely irrelevant, and worst of all, boring. This was after they all spent 20 minutes snickering about how stupid people are for caring about pro days and the combine.
Anyway, flame on.
Waldman went on this pretty substantial rant about how Bridgewater is going to drop outside the top 10 because of the "indirect racism" by NFL owners and GM's, and how, because he's a black man, they don't want him to be the "corporate face" of their franchise. He even went so far as to put this out on the media, saying that the writing about his pro day, and about the people he surrounds himself, is basically all code for more racism.
I'm not stupid, I know racism exists, and that includes inside some NFL teams. But this sounded like a rant from 20 years ago.
Cam, Russell, Vince Young, all #1 overall picks. RGIII was #2. EJ Manuel in the teens. Jason Campbell was a late 1st rounder. I know Bridgewater is not the physical specimen that some of these guys are, but does that mean owners are only racis against black guys with smallish builds?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not "offended" or anything. I just thought it was crazy, largely irrelevant, and worst of all, boring. This was after they all spent 20 minutes snickering about how stupid people are for caring about pro days and the combine.
Anyway, flame on.
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