Veteran Chron columnist longs for an injury to Carolina QB
Here's a stunner from the Chronicle's NFL columnist, who is hoping former Texans quarterback and current Carolina backup David Carr gets some playing time against the Texans on Saturday:
Come on now, admit it. You're like me, and you'd love to see Delhomme suffer a minor injury, an injury just serious enough to force him out of Sunday's game against the Texans. Nothing against Delhomme, of course, but if you're a Texans fan, you know he's in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Geez, imagine the intensity level being turned up a couple of notches if David Carr comes off the bench against his former team. What a story.
No, Mr. McClain, some of us aren't like you and don't wish injuries upon athletes, no matter how delicious the resulting story might be.
It is rather stunning that McClain and his editors allowed the columnist's wishes for an injury to Delhomme (even a "minor" one) to appear in print, given the rather sobering injury news from the first weekend of NFL action.
There was surely a more tactful way for a veteran columnist (and a newspaper with editors) to frame a column about the Texans facing their former quarterback, without openly wishing for an injury.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/12/07 08:47 AM | Print | Comments (0)
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