Barring some bizarre, last-minute stay of execution for Eli Manning — we can’t rule out Mike Francesa climbing a horse and leading a siege on the practice facility — West Virginia’s Geno Smith on Sunday will become the Giants’ first black starting quarterback.
It’s one of those things that we’ve come to take for granted. If you assumed that every team, at some point, had at least one black man as QB1, nobody could blame you. Still, you’d be wrong; last season saw Jacoby Brissett start for the Patriots in place of a suspended Tom Brady and an injured Jimmy Garoppolo, leaving the Giants as the lone holdout.