The Oakland Raiders drafted Eldridge Dickey 25th overall in the 1968 draft, according to ESPN’s The Undefeated. Making him the first African American quarterback to be drafted in the NFL, however, he never played a game in the pros at the quarterback position despite having a successful career at Tennessee State, which included him being named […] More
It has been four seasons since Colin Kaepernick last played in the NFL as a member of the San Francisco 49ers. And it is all because the former quarterback elected to take a knee during the National Anthem in 2016, in protects of police brutality and social injustice towards the African American community. “I am […] More
We are a little less than 2 months away from what’s supposed to be the start of the 2020-21 NFL season. The deadline for players that were on franchise tags for this upcoming football season to sign long-term deals has also come and gone. And it was just announced that there won’t be any preseason […] More
It has been four seasons since we last saw former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, in the NFL. Kaepernick decided back in 2016 to take a knee during the National Anthem to protest police brutality and the killings of unarmed African Americans. “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a […] More
The last time the Seattle Seahawks and the Dallas Cowboys met in the playoffs, it was back in the 2006 Wildcard round in Seattle. It was a game that Seattle would eventually win 21-20, the game would come down to a Cowboys field goal attempt from the 1 and a half yard line on a […] More
During the 1980s, the National Football League could be considered a time where both the defensive side of the ball was as lethal as the offensive side that we see in today’s game. The 1981 NFL draft class included seven Hall of Famers. Including defenders such as Lawrence Taylor, Ronnie Lott, Howie Long, Mike Singletary […] More