![]() ![]() Kansas City has a black offensive coordinator, Eric Bieniemy, and Tampa Bay’s quarterbacks coach, Byron Leftwich, is African American. “And those are the people who give them the opportunities.” “They don’t have black quarterback coaches, black coordinators or GMs ,’’ Avery said. Unlike the rest of players in the largely black locker room, African American quarterbacks are on an island. They are not forced to play in a box.” - Quincy Avery “They are now given the chance to play like themselves. “Today it’s systemic: They are afforded opportunities, but they aren’t allowed to be average because they don’t have enough decision-makers who look like them.”Īvery said he wanted to host an event where young black quarterbacks could compare their common experiences: being the only African American in the quarterback room, “dealing with the stigmas about their intelligence or ability to play from the pocket,” he said. ![]() Black quarterbacks didn’t get the same opportunities. “They didn’t think they were smart enough they looked at athleticism as a negative. “Previously, black quarterbacks had to face overt prejudice,” Avery said earlier this week. The challenges that previous generations of black quarterbacks faced have simply changed form for a new generation. “It seems rapid from the outside,’’ Avery said, “but as you peel back the layers, it’s not.” Teddy Bridgewater led New Orleans to victory in his first game playing in place of the injured Drew Brees.įrom the outside, this is great progress. The Indianapolis Colts’ Jacoby Brissett has played well in place of the retired Andrew Luck. Related Story Mahomes, Prescott, Wilson and now Jackson are not just ‘dual-threat’ QBs Read now Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes continues his brilliant play. The season is young, but black quarterbacks are already making an impact. On Sunday, nine African American quarterbacks will start for NFL teams. ![]() “For him to say something like that let people know that, even though we have so many black quarterbacks doing all these great things, we’ve made strides but we haven’t made enough,” Avery said. In a Facebook post that became public, Lynn Redden, the superintendent of the Onalaska school district north of Houston, wrote, “When you need precision decision making you can’t count on a black quarterback.” Watson had made a poor decision that contributed to a Texans loss. Avery, who privately coaches quarterbacks, was prompted to convene the conference by a racist social media post directed at Houston’s Deshaun Watson, with whom Avery has worked since 2014. Last year, Quincy Avery decided to convene a conference to discuss the new realities for young African American quarterbacks. A series chronicling the rise of black quarterbacks in the NFL ![]()
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