All Indeed, it is competition, perhaps more than any other factor, that has brought black quarterbacks to prominence this year. The competition to win games, to be bigger, faster, stronger, meaner, has created men like Jason Taylor and Jevon Kearse. These men are specimens of physical prowess - as tall as basketball players, as fast as running backs, and as solid as two feet of concrete. And they play defense. And quarterbacks who can't evade the pressure are becoming an endangered species.
Blacks head four of the eight teams left in the playoffs.
It didn't used to be this way. The indelible image of football past is Roger Staubach, or Bart Starr, the statuesque quarterback, calm amid the siege. These days, however, those guys would get planted like Kentucky fescue. It didn't used to be this way. The indelible image of football past is Roger Staubach, or Bart Starr, the statuesque quarterback, calm amid the siege.