Nice idea and nice execution.
Here’s a preview of the piece that will run Sunday on ESPN’s NFL Countdown (10 a.m. ET).
From ESPN:
“Having the opportunity to play and win the Super Bowl 25 years ago, and to have Robert Griffin lll narrating this piece on me for ESPN, wow what a blessing!! Thanks, and Hail to the Redskins.” – Doug Williams
Doug Williams was the Washington Redskins starting quarterback in Super Bowl XXII. His remarkable performance against the Denver Broncos dramatically changed the way African American quarterbacks were perceived in the NFL. Robert Griffin III, who plays the same position, in the same city is one of those beneficiaries, and helps tell the Doug Williams story. Written by ESPN.com reporter Greg Garber.
“All of a sudden he’s got more than a game on his back. He’s got history on his back — the hopes and dreams of a whole race. ‘How did I get all of this? I’m just a football player.’ But it wasn’t just another game, and he wasn’t just another player. Not that day!” – Al Sharpton
“It translated into so many different aspects of life, whether it was in government, whether it was in business, or whatever, that an African American could win the biggest game, in the most popular sport, at the most popular position and the most leadership of positions.” – Warren Moon, on the impact of Williams’ performance