Was there more than meets the eye in Luke McCown’s trade from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?

Blogged under Trades, Bloglockers, Front Page, Breaking Buccs News, General Buccaneers Talk by admin on Tuesday 15 September 2009 at 2:37 pm

28-year old QB Luke McCown was traded last week to the Jacksonville Jaguars for a undisclosed draft pick.  McCown played in 7 games for the Bucs in his time in Tampa and he completed 94 of 140 passes (67.1%) for 1,009 yards with 5 TD passes and 3 interceptions.  He also ran the ball well carrying it 15 times for 132 yards (8.8 ypc) in his career with the Bucs.  Josh McCown had the highest QB Rating in the pre-season for the Bucks (86.6) compared to that of Byron Leftwich (72.2), Josh Freeman (41.0) and Josh Johnson (76.8).  Is it just coincidence that he was the QB the Bucs decided to get rid of?  Or was it because of his skin color?  The Bucs now have three black QBs to go along with a black head coach.  Makes you wonder as McCown clearly outplayed Byron Leftwich who was named the starter shortly before the trade.  If race had anything to do with this decision then shame on the Buccaneers.

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