Okay. So every draft is the most important draft in new-Browns history. Until we miss on our picks,
and then it wasn't.
Cool. So let's not miss on our picks.
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A quarterback doesn't make a whole team. But it's a huge part of puzzle.
You brought up something really interesting:
We have the 1st pick in the draft. And also 5 of the first 65.
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Who have been the most successful quarterbacks to enter the league, the last 5 years or so?
The best rookie this past season? Dak Prescott. 4th round. 135th overall.
Most successful QB drafted the past 5 years? Russell Wilson. 3rd round. 75th overall.
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Here is my question:
For a long time, in America, there were loud doubts that a black QB could lead a football team, be "smart enough" for the position, etcetera.
In 2017, it's obvious that was just insane American horrific racism.
And let's go a step further, since this might be the "most important draft" blah blah blah:
In 1970, about 30% of the NFL's players were African-American.
That number has been slowly and steadily climbing ever since, and today about 70% of the league is African-American.
Is it possible that the racist-consensus of the 1970s and 1980s was not only wrong, but is now backward?
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and then it wasn't.
Cool. So let's not miss on our picks.
_____
_____
A quarterback doesn't make a whole team. But it's a huge part of puzzle.
You brought up something really interesting:
We have the 1st pick in the draft. And also 5 of the first 65.
_____
Who have been the most successful quarterbacks to enter the league, the last 5 years or so?
The best rookie this past season? Dak Prescott. 4th round. 135th overall.
Most successful QB drafted the past 5 years? Russell Wilson. 3rd round. 75th overall.
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Here is my question:
For a long time, in America, there were loud doubts that a black QB could lead a football team, be "smart enough" for the position, etcetera.
In 2017, it's obvious that was just insane American horrific racism.
And let's go a step further, since this might be the "most important draft" blah blah blah:
In 1970, about 30% of the NFL's players were African-American.
That number has been slowly and steadily climbing ever since, and today about 70% of the league is African-American.
Is it possible that the racist-consensus of the 1970s and 1980s was not only wrong, but is now backward?
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