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Russell Wilson, Patrick Mahomes, and other Black quarterbacks are making plays, money, and political change in the NFL.
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Russell Wilson, Patrick Mahomes, and other Black quarterbacks are making plays, money, and political change in the NFL.
Photo: Will Newton (Getty Images) If there’s one thing football fans are short of—besides proper decorum—it’s sympathy. And on April 25, 2019, for better or worse, promising Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins was picked 15th overall in the 2019 NFL Draft. Advertisement In the year and change since, he’s been expected to develop within a corrosive environment that isn’t exactly conducive to productivity—to put it lightly. As I’ve previously written here at The Root: For those out the loop, Haskins has never had the opportunity to thrive. Outside of being banished to the ar...