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    Nfc champion wins SB

    I don't know about "by far". I'd say Chiefs & 49ers are up there. Hard to predict how they'll match up. If somehow the Packers sneak by the 49ers, the Chiefs would throttle them. I see no way they would lose the rematch with Mahomes playing this time. Also, has anyone been paying attention to...
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    The Jimmy "1st down"

    Some of you guys are really grasping here. That spot was so close it could have gone either way. And it's not as if we would have stopped them on 4th and inches anyway.
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    NFL declines to fine Clowney

    And by next season, pretty much nobody outside of whiny Eagles fans will even remember it. The right team won and moved on. The Packers would have absolutely smoked your team yesterday.
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    PFT: Having 3 NFL African American coaches is shameful

    I thought it was "cornball brother". But either way, yeah, he's basically Carlton Banks. :)
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    PFT: Having 3 NFL African American coaches is shameful

    Come on now. Wilson is practically white. ;)
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    TheUndefeated: Geno Smith and the backup black quarterback

    I can't tell if you're being deliberately obtuse or if that's a serious question. If the latter, then I'll answer for you... Black guys are faster, so they get naturally stereotyped as "running QBs", even if they're not (see Teddy Bridgewater).
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    TheUndefeated: Geno Smith and the backup black quarterback

    But history dictates that QBs that can run do not last in the NFL. That is why. Look at RGIII as the most recent example. Russell Wilson lasted to the 3rd round because of his height more than anything else. How many "mobile QBs" were considered to be in the upper echelon for many many years...
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    PFT: Having 3 NFL African American coaches is shameful

    And here's the fundamental point where we disagree. I am not disagreeing with the existence of the bias. Where I disagree is that whether or not this is an issue that needs to be addressed. I say no, it is not. This is a topic that goes way beyond the NFL and coaching hires. Why do [insert...
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    PFT: Having 3 NFL African American coaches is shameful

    Resentment. This is key. And this is why the Rooney Rule will never work in the long run. This is a no-win situation. How do you possibly expand or change the Rooney rule to get more black coaches hired, short of FORCING these hires? Bias (racial or otherwise) may be a dirty word but this is...
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    PFT: Having 3 NFL African American coaches is shameful

    Pete Carroll is an interesting example, and I see your point. But for the Seattle hire specifically, I think it had more to do with his USC career than anything he's done in the NFL prior.
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    PFT: Having 3 NFL African American coaches is shameful

    Yep. I'm familiar with that study. So going back to the original topic then ... If we're assuming a racial bias in NFL hiring, then I don't think forcing minority interviews is the right way to address it.
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    PFT: Having 3 NFL African American coaches is shameful

    The plausible reason is that women generally do not aspire to have 2nd jobs refereeing sports. See Popeye's comment regarding gender impressions also. If we're talking about refs at the collegiate or professional level, don't they go through a test? I would naturally assume that the best...
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    PFT: Having 3 NFL African American coaches is shameful

    What's more probable... a. There are more white head coaches because they are incorrectly assumed to be smarter, wiser, or whatever positive non-physical attribute you wish to add; AND because owners/GMs are inherently racist and that supersedes their desire to win. b. There are more white...
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    PFT: Having 3 NFL African American coaches is shameful

    Agreed. I think with most things, there are reasons why certain people are better than others at any given profession, or activity. It can't be simplified as "well people of this race or from this country are smarter". There are more factors than raw intelligence, and intelligence itself is such...
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    PFT: Having 3 NFL African American coaches is shameful

    What makes you (and a lot of others) so certain of this? Why is it so easily assumed that all human beings posses the same level and type of mental ability, and that those differences cannot be grouped by gender, race, cultural background, etc?
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