You had me on your side, you had me thinking this was a good post with solid thinking, then you turned it into "McNair don't want no black QB" shpeal.
He passed on Cutler and, the better QB in last years draft, Leinart. Those guys are just as pasty white as I last I checked.
On the "race" aspect, I qualified my statement with the possibility that I am wrong. I never out and out said "He's racist."
If he were, we'd have zero players of any race other than caucasian.
So please spare me the drama on that one.
I said that I shrugged off the poster's comments that says we passed on VY because of race...but I can no longer understand why we'd pass on a bonified, game-changing, national championship winning, highlight reel making QB such as VY....only to then select David Carr's twin brother.
I'm running out of fresh ideas as to how and why this is all a possibility (drafting Quinn). So; therefore; I have to conclude that McNair likes someone who fits one or more of these qualifications: (1) Someone who looks good to whom he considers to be a target audience, (2) Someone who works out well but hasn't won anything of significance.
All this belly-aching about David Carr and how he "has to go," and now we're actually seeing the same people rationalize that Brady Quinn is different. Listen to yourselves, "Is he an Elway or Montana? Probably not, BUT..."
But NOTHING. In you guys' rush to get rid of David Carr, you're actually OK with the thought of Quinn as our future QB.
That doesn't set us back a year or two, as he sits down to develop, as some of you propose. It sets us back another five years as we stumble and bumble and try to wonder why the great Notre Dame QB named Brady Quinn didn't work out. It's pretty simple: He's just like David Carr.
He looks good.
He works out well.
He has a great work ethic.
Repeat those three things to yourselves, over and over, and tell me who that sounds like.
Looks Good.
Works out well.
Great work ethic.
Same story, different name.
(sigh)
Go Texans (hand over mouth, making that wet fart noise)!