You're not going to believe this, but...

I found yet another article comparing white receivers to other white receivers. http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Wide-receiver-class-has-question-marks.html

"Eric Decker is another wideout I really like and think has the makings of a solid No. 2-type possession guy in the NFL."

White receivers are almost always called possession receivers coming out of college. Some of the best possession receivers I ever saw, from Cris Carter to Herman Moore to even Jerry Rice, were all black, but it's the white guys who always get this label. Compare that to Brandon LaFell, LSU's receiver who ran a 4.58 40 at the Combine:

"Looking at LaFell as a whole, I like him. He’s a big, physical route runner who has the balance to cleanly separate on all levels of the field and showcases a second gear to run away from defenders when being chased. He’s definitely not someone who can be judged solely on his 40 time, but either way, it will likely keep him out of the first round."

I'm not going to say that any of this isn't true; LaFell doesn't play that slow, for instance. However, no white receiver would ever get this sort of benefit of the doubt. Any white receiver with a slow 40 is automatically a possession receiver, but Brandon LaFell runs a slow 40 and he still has a second gear to separate at all levels of the field.

"I get the Wes Welker comparisons with Jordan Shipley; I just don’t agree with them. Welker is an ultra-quick wideout who has the ability to change directions on a dime and accelerate away from corners off the line in either direction."

I'll actually give the guy credit here for dismissing comparisons between Jordan Shipley and Wes Welker, but then we get this:

"However, I see him more as a Brandon Stokley type who has a slight second gear down the field once he gets going but will rely more on his savvy and crispness as a route runner to separate at the next level."

Ahh, a Brandon Stokely-type. Of course. I actually agree, in that Stokely wasn't much of a receiver and I don't think Shipley will be either, but is there any reason this couldn't be, say, Greg Lewis or Sam Hurd? Oh yeah...they aren't white.

This is one of my favorite games of draft time, finding all of the comparisons of white players to other white players, no matter how dissimilar they are. Toby Gerhart will be a great test case; there hasn't been a white RB drafted high in a long time. In fact, the last white RB (not FB) who I can remember being drafted at all was a guy for the Bears who's name I can't remember. But who are they going to compare Gerhart to? It will have to be a black player, which just won't feel right. Maybe we can stretch for a Travis Jervey comparison.

I would be remiss here if I didn't mention my all-time favorite white-on-white comparison; when, during the Fiest Bowl between Notre Dame and Ohio State, Brent Musberger compared Jeff Samardzija to Ricky Proehl. Samardzija and Proehl had...absolutely nothing in common, but Musberger just couldn't help himself.