{"id":442000,"date":"2023-12-19T04:57:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T04:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=442000"},"modified":"2023-12-19T04:57:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T04:57:05","slug":"rashard-mendenhall-passes-a-racial-comment-on-white-nfl-announcers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/rashard-mendenhall-passes-a-racial-comment-on-white-nfl-announcers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashard Mendenhall Passes A Racial Comment On White NFL Announcers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Running back and Super Bowl winner Rashard Mendenhall said on social media that he had had enough of NFL analysts, particularly &#8220;average white guys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Rashard Mendenhall Passes A Racial Comment On White NFL Announcers<\/h2>\n<p>Although Mendenhall&#8217;s post on X was made a few hours after he made his comments on the criticism of head coach Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers, it was unclear to whom he was specifically directing his ire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sick of average white guys commenting on football,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/R_Mendenhall\/status\/1736745309332808186\"> he wrote.<\/a> \u201cY\u2019all not even good at football. Can we please replace the Pro Bowl with an All-Black vs. All-White Bowl so these cats can stop trying to teach me who\u2019s good at football? I\u2019m better than ur (sic) goat.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joey Bosa rocking up for the Rashard Mendenhall Black and White Bowl. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1g77gfnBD7\">pic.twitter.com\/1g77gfnBD7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Irsay&#39;s Trucking (@Irsays_Trucking) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Irsays_Trucking\/status\/1736907302895067190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former Houston Texans star J.J. Watt joked about what an \u201cAll-Black vs. All-White bowl\u201d would look like.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d get cooked at a corner, not gonna lie,\u201d Watt wrote. \u201cNobody on our squad is covering Tyreek (Hill).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t understand how you can talk about Tomlin\u2019s playoff record, without acknowledging that Kenny Pickett has only played one year,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Who was the QB for all those playoff loses?!! Literally all of them. Make up your minds. How you arbitrarily separate Mike &amp; Ben in de (sic) W\/L column?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rashard Mendenhall said we should have an All-Black vs. All-White bowl game.<\/p>\n<p>I think some of y\u2019all have the All-White team F\u2019d up lowkey! \ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffe\u200d\u2642\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b3owPSKb1e\">pic.twitter.com\/b3owPSKb1e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GOWIE (@DaKidGowie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaKidGowie\/status\/1736816944714854771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Before going pro, Mendenhall was an exceptional running back at Illinois. From 2008 to 2012, he was a member of the Steelers, and he ended his career in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Given his history of making contentious statements on social media, some have questioned the motivation behind Mendenhall&#8217;s statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This was an ALL TIME post by Rashard Mendenhall \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMSLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PMSLive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NT1uudnPL4\">pic.twitter.com\/NT1uudnPL4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1736825223171674344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The notion sent unquestionable shockwaves across social media, even if it&#8217;s still unclear if it was intended as a thought exercise or as a real proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Mendenhall&#8217;s suggestion for racial segregation at football games is criticized for being offensive and polarising.<\/p>\n<h3>Does Rashard Mendenhall have a ring?<\/h3>\n<p>Mendenhall spent six seasons in the NFL after the Pittsburgh Steelers chose him in the first round of the draft. In 2010, he ran for a career-high 1,273 yards and 13 touchdowns, guiding the Steelers to a Super Bowl XLV berth. He also won a ring in Super Bowl XLIII.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Steelers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Steelers<\/a> RB Rashard Mendenhall:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#39;m sick of average white guys commenting on football. Y&#39;all not even good at football.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lsw9cK7njx\">pic.twitter.com\/Lsw9cK7njx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JPAFootball (@jasrifootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasrifootball\/status\/1736779171735425095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>When did Rashard Mendenhall retire?<\/h3>\n<p>2014<br \/>\nMendenhall spent a season playing football with the Arizona Cardinals in 2013 until he announced his retirement from the game in 2014 at the age of 26.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Yoshinobu Yamamoto Most Sought In Free Agency: To Receive $300M Contract Offers?\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/yoshinobu-yamamoto-most-sought-in-free-agency-to-receive-300m-contract-offers\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Yoshinobu Yamamoto Most Sought In Free Agency: To Receive $300M Contract Offers?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running back and Super Bowl winner Rashard Mendenhall said on social media that he had had enough of NFL analysts, particularly &#8220;average white guys.&#8221; Rashard Mendenhall Passes A Racial Comment On White NFL Announcers Although Mendenhall&#8217;s post on X was made a few hours after he made his comments on the criticism of head coach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":442001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[5187,2211,20040,20037,20038,20039],"class_list":["post-442000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-nfl-2023","tag-nfl-news","tag-nfl-rashard-mendenhall","tag-rashard-mendenhall","tag-rashard-mendenhall-racial-comment","tag-rashard-mendenhall-white-guys"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}