Ahead of the Saints' trip to Indianapolis Sunday, Kenny Vaccaro was asked if Andrew Luck has "deceptive speed" for a QB. The safety quickly gave the media a lesson on the power words carry.
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"Not deceptive. Just because he's white doesn't mean he's deceptive," Vaccaro said, per ESPN. "He's actually a great athlete.
"He has all the tools that you ask for as a quarterback: smart, big arm talent, can go through all his reads and he can run. So not deceptive, he's actually athletic."
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"Deceptive?"
Clearly, someone didn't pay attention to Luck's combine in 2012.
"Andrew Luck has deceptive speed" is my favorite new stupid story about white athletes
— Jeff (@Gerb3X) October 23, 2015
The former No. 1-overall pick ran a 4.67 40-yard dash, a 4.28 in the 20-yard shuttle and finished the three-cone drill in 6.80 seconds.
Virtually the same times as Cam Newton just a year before.
Then -- in 2011 -- Newton ran a 4.59 40-yard dash, a 4.18 in the 20-yard shuttle and finished the three-cone drill in 6.92 seconds.
Do you hear anyone calling the Panthers QB "deceptively fast?"
No.
Chip Kelly -- who will learn first hand (again) in Charlotte this Sunday -- even went as far as using key phrases like "explodes" and "dangerous" when assessing Newton's ability to scramble with the football.
"With Cam, you may have him and hit him," Kelly said, per ESPN, "then he explodes out of there and you'd better have somebody on top of him to contain him because he's such a dangerous threat running the football."
And yet -- despite having similar athleticism -- it's Luck who's tagged as "deceptive."
Players are still calling Andrew Luck's speed "deceptive." If you don't know by now the guy can run, you deserve to watch him blow past you.
— Marcus Lee Dugan (@MarcusDugan) October 22, 2015
Newton was right. The media is comical.
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