RGIII to narrate ESPN piece on Doug Williams

[NYC Rebel]

RGIII will narrate Doug Williams piece for ESPN

Like many of you, I was of the opinion that too much was made of Robert Griffin III’s race during his rookie season. For a team that so recently marketed itself around Jason Campbell, and then around Donovan McNabb, the Redskins handing their offense to a Heisman Trophy winning QB who happened to be black didn’t seem like a huge deal.

The Doug Williams situation, though, was quite a bit different. The Post’s lead story after Williams
won a Super Bowl 25 years ago Thursday — written by Bill Gildea and Leonard Shapiro — included Williams’s race in the fourth paragraph.
“In a game that focused on the quarterbacks — Williams because he was the first black to play the position in the Super Bowl, and Denver’s John Elway because of his overall brilliance — Williams staged one of pro football’s greatest big-game performances,” they wrote.

In his postgame remarks, owner Jack Kent Cooke extended his congratulations, “not just to a black quarterback, but to a great quarterback.”

And a U.S. Senate resolution praising the Redskins later that week noted that in “ignoring injury and throwing brilliant passes, [Williams] led the Redskins to a record four touchdowns in the second quarter that sealed the Super Bowl victory and shattered one of the worst racial barriers in sports.”

The racial angle, in other words, was right there in the forefront. And when ESPN decided to revisit that moment on its Super Bowl Sunday edition of Sunday’s NFL Countdown — focusing on how Williams changed the perception of black quarterbacks — they asked RGIII to provide narration. He agreed; the seven-minute piece, with Griffin’s narration, will air this weekend.
“Having the opportunity to play and win the Super Bowl 25 years ago, and to have Robert Griffin lll narrating this piece on me for ESPN, wow what a blessing!!” Williams wrote to the network, when told that RGIII was participating. “Thanks, and Hail to the Redskins.”

 

[JoseLuisGotcha]

ESPN is working all the angles can't hate on that sounds better than most stories/pieces they drum up

 

[mastermind]

how mad are some of you now because of this?

How mad is Rob Parker right now?

Thats my in knee rehab quo'back

 

[dennis roadman]

doug
griff

doing what they can to make george marshall's ghost mad as fukk

 

[NYC Rebel]

how mad are some of you know because of this?

How mad is Rob Parker right now?

Thats my in knee rehab quo'back

The fact RGIII never saw Doug play and said they tried to stereotype Doug Williams as a "running" QB rather than a passing one said a lot about the people around RGIII that put good things in his ear.

 

[boskey]

Great kid.



God damn he gotta be ok

 

[Mr swag]

Another thread on this?

 

[Knights89]

Doug help Tampa to the NFC title game in the late 70s I believe along with other playoff appearances ,and was earning less than some back ups. Tried to get paid and ended up in another league, the USFL. His story/struggle was a long fought one

 

[Rev]

Cute

 

[PortCityProphet]

He ain't got nothing else to do. Ain't like he can run laps



I kid I kid. Props to him. RG3 a real dude. A corny one but still real

 

[Seahawks]

"He's not real. OK, he's black, he kind of does the thing, but he's not really down with the cause."

to RG3

 

[feelosofer]

The cism Doug Williams was facing at the time. Dude was a pioneer for Black Athletes in general.

 

[ZEupTWN]

thats my DAWG!

 

[flea]

ESPN is working all the angles can't hate on that sounds better than most stories/pieces they drum up

u wanna borrow some punctuation breh?

 

[Joe Sixpack]