deeshopper Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 The 49ers have suspended Tim Ryan, their radio color analyst, over comments he made on a Bay Area sports talk radio show Monday in which he said Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, who is black, is exceptional at faking handoffs because of his “dark skin color with a dark football.” The comments came in the first couple of minutes of Ryan’s weekly segment with KNBR’s “Murph and Mac” morning radio show as the hosts asked the San Jose native about Jackson’s performance in Sunday’s 20-17 victory over the 49ers. Jackson, a front-runner to be named NFL MVP, rushed and passed for more than 100 yards in a game between two of the league’s top teams. Jackson gained most of his yards running a zone-read type offense, in which he frequently fakes a handoff to a running back before keeping the ball to run himself. “He’s really good at that fake, Lamar Jackson, but when you consider his dark skin color with a dark football with a dark uniform, you could not see that thing,” Ryan said on air. “I mean you literally could not see when he was in and out of the mesh point and if you’re a half step slow on him in terms of your vision forget about it, he’s out of the gate.” More: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/49ers-suspend-broadcaster-Tim-Ryan-for-saying-14882642.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papasmurfbell Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 How on earth did he think that was appropriate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmax Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 That is inappropriate. What is appropriate is Lamars incredible ball handling skills. Hundreds of thousands of hand offs and fakes. Lamar has so much practice and experience that he's developed this skill into an art form. He's a magician, a wizard. He does make the ball and exchange "invisible". He uses his speed, body angles, low crouch and great touch to fool everybody. I have never seen anybody better at it. And it takes 2 players, working in tandem to pull it of. That takes practice and work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsylvester Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Smh is really all I can do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papasmurfbell Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 So what would be his excuse for Marino's amazing fake hand offs? I am very curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldno82 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 What a stupid statement to make. Would make me question his ‘analysis’ of everything. Hard to tell if he’s just racist or ignorant. Or both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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