Rush was wrong.....

at least when it came to specifics. If McNabb is overrated because sports writers want to see black QBs succeed, then that should apply to all black QBs. Yet, in the case of my beloved (but frustrating) Pittsburgh Steelers, the press was hard on Kordell Stewart and have treated Tommy Maddox with kid gloves.

Last year the sportwriters agreed that Maddox was far superior to Kordell and that he won the job as starting QB. But if you check out the stats, you see that for the whole season Maddox had a QB rating of 85.2 while Kordell's was 82.8.

This year Maddox has dropped to 74.5 and he has thrown 8 interceptions and only 5 TDs. Against Tennessee, his turnovers produced more points for the Titans than he generated for the Steelers. That is the sort of performance that made sports writers call for benching Stewart; thus far, no such calls have been directed at Maddox.