Shrimpy white guy Wes Welker already has another 100 yard receiving game…

Jason Whitlock’s article yesterday was his typical evisceration of the hip hop culture, complaining how NFL players living the hip hop culture are hurting the game, and in particular the future of blacks in the league. Although considering about 70% of the NFL is black compared to 12% of the United States population, one might argue that having too many blacks in the league is a symptom of this nation’s race problems.

Originally, I was about to writing a post eviscerating him back (titled “Jason Whitlock is whiter than me”), but then there’s the list of recent Super Bowl champions:

1997: Denver Broncos
1998: Denver Broncos
1999: St. Louis Rams
2000: Baltimore Ravens
2001: New England Patriots
2002: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2003: New England Patriots
2004: New England Patriots
2005: Pittsburgh Steelers
2006: Indianapolis Colts

So who of these teams had a stand out hot dog or hip hop guy? The Buccaneers had Warren Sapp, and the Ravens had Ray Lewis. That’s all I can think of (some of you more sports-knowledgeable guys may have some additional facts to add). 80% of recent NFL champions did not have a “show-me” guy.

Based on completely anecdotal evidence, maybe there could be something to the really talented self-centered guy hurting the team in subtle (or not-so-subtle) ways. I still lean towards the benefit of the talent outweighs the distraction of the silliness, but don’t really care enough to do any serious research on it.