There aren’t many days where it’s a good idea to offer up a story about how Josh McCown deserves to be an NFL coach, but posting it the day after a Washington Post expose on how impossible it can be for Black coaches to become NFL head coaches is perhaps the worst possible time. If not for the Brian Flores lawsuit, McCown would likely be the head coach of the Houston Texans right now. The Texans had just fired David Culley, a Black coach, after one season. However, the optics of hiring a completely untested white coach after firing a Black coach following one season were, at best, terrible. Not to mention that the NFL was catching heat for the lack of minority head coaches despite the many qualified candidates out there.

Source: Washington Post September 22, 2022 23:52 UTC