Earlier in the week, Cam Newton had some pretty harsh (and brutally honest) things to say about JaMarcus Russell and his negative impact on the perspection of up and coming black NFL quarterbacks. After Cam said his peace in the NEXT issue of ESPN The Magazine, JaMarcus took to Twitter and voiced his opinion saying,
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While JaMarcus Russell makes a few solid points in his rebuttal, there's one remaining fact that numbers don't lie. Plain and simple, if you cannot succeed as a starting quarterback, you won't be in the NFL. However, playing devil's advocate here, race and the former Raiders quarterback have undoubtedly had a part in the assumption of how Cam Newton would perform in his rookie season, but people need to stop using JaMarcus as the lone scapegoat whenever the failures of black QBs are brought up in conversation.
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