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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.
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Man, is Vince Young a bust?

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Sep 15 2008, 3:54 PM ET Comment

Sorry, meant to post this last week. But, really, it's hard to imagine him coming back from this and fulfilling his potential. There are plenty of dumb QBs in the NFL. There are some with weak arms. There are others who seem to always throw a pick at the worst time. But you can not be a QB in this league and be the sort of guy who doesn't want to go back in because you're getting booed. Ever. That just don't fly. It's inadvisable to conduct your life that way. It's impossible to conduct a life in the NFL that way.

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