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Black quarterbacks don't win championships. During 1995-2006 (the time compared in the article), only 2 of the 20 different quarterbacks in the Super Bowl were black. Steve McNair and Donovan McNabb were the only ones and they lost their games. Multiple white quarterbacks (Brady, Warner, Favre, Elway) appeared multiple times and each one has at least one win. Currently, none of the division leaders have black quarterbacks as starters.Winning matters much more than totaling up yards either on the ground or through the air.

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