The three title words were almost painful to write. I'm not a dittohead by any means, but I'm going to have to give Rush props on a very solid point, one that cost him a job.

Some years ago, Rush commented on McNabb that the media loved to hype black quarterbacks. You'd have thought he called for the mass deportation of anyone with less than complete Aryan ancestry by the way the media attacked. Rush attacked their darling, and there was no way, no way at all, he was their darling simply because of the color of his skin.

Fast forward to 2006. 8 years in the NFL, zero SuperBowl rings. Only 3 complete seasons in the mix, with very mixed results among them, McNabb owes much more to his supporting cast than he does to his arm or legs. He is merely a good quarterback that the media insist on passing off as great because over 20 years after the Redskins' historic SuperBowl victory, they are still looking for the second coming of Doug Williams.

The truth is, Rush Limbaugh was right on this point, and the sooner we own up to our tendency to try to cave to "white guilt" in anointing sports stars in traditionally white dominated sports/positions as legends long before they earn the title, the sooner we can get about to some degree of normalcy. Donovan McNabb is exciting to watch when he is healthy, but the truth is, like several greats before him (Randall Cunningham comes to mind), his unwillingness to stick in the pocket has probably held him back from career achievements that would cement him more firmly in the minds of NFL fans after he is gone. The fact that we remember Joe Montana more easily than we do Randall Cunningham can be chalked up to the fistful of Super Bowl rings' difference between the two men.