With Cutler and Keenum Starting Games

[Pattersonca65]

Once Kaepernick lost Harbaugh he was toast. Without a competent coach to cover his flaws, NFL defenses were able to make Kaepernick look like the garbage QB he is.

This is something I never agreed with. Kaepernick regressed each year under Harbaugh and Harbaugh did him no favors by trying to mold him into a pocket passer. Chip Kelly installed a pistol offense and Kaep's play did improve somewhat under him but with a poor defense and lack of running game Kaep was never going to carry a team. It needs to be the opposite where he is not asked to do a lot.

 

[Yo Tee]

Go buy your own NFL team and you'll have a QB.

Will do.

 

[megalodon30]

It needs to be the opposite where he is not asked to do a lot.

Good news for him is he's not being asked to do a lot right now. Doesn't have to put a team on his shoulders.

 

[miah]

Good news for him is he's not being asked to do a lot right now. Doesn't have to put a team on his shoulders.

zing!!

 

[Balljim55]

Because owners are very careful about signing players that could affect their bottom line, and Kapernick is really a powerful issue to a lot of fans, and ticket sales could be affected

Now lets say for instance, Aaron Rodgers did something as controversial, it wouldnt matter, because wining trumps all with fans, and an owner would take the risk knowing his teams chances of winning just increased substantially with Rodgers

Kapernick brings no such guarantees

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This

many team owners have heard from their fan base that they want nothing to do with him. If he was a very good QB that might be different. It's also not just the fact that he sat for the anthem, it's also the fact that he is associated with BLM. It's also the fact that he wore socks degenerating cops. It's also the fact that he wore a Castro shirt and praised that awful dictator. And then a big bonus - his girlfriend equated the owner of the Ravens to a slave owner.

The dude has a right to protest however he wants legally. He does not have a right to play in the NFL

 

[Yo Tee]

Is the general consensus that it's Kaep's on the field play that is deterring teams from signing him or is it his off the field actions last year?

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Is the general consensus that it's Kaep's on the field play that is deterring teams from signing him or is it his off the field actions last year?

Without question

Both

 

[Yo Tee]

Without question

Both

I guess what I'm trying to figure out is, do coaches look at Kaep and say to themselves, he's still got the skills to play, but we can't take the off the field, political nonsense? Or do they say we can overlook the anthem kneeling and whatnot, but we can't overlook his terrible on the field play? Part of me think that teams aren't looking at him and saying well he doesn't have the skills and he's an off the field distraction so let's pass.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

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This

many team owners have heard from their fan base that they want nothing to do with him. If he was a very good QB that might be different. It's also not just the fact that he sat for the anthem, it's also the fact that he is associated with BLM. It's also the fact that he wore socks degenerating cops. It's also the fact that he wore a Castro shirt and praised that awful dictator. And then a big bonus - his girlfriend equated the owner of the Ravens to a slave owner.

The dude has a right to protest however he wants legally. He does not have a right to play in the NFL

They heard from some of their fan base, but not all of it.

Likely an extremely vocal minority.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

I guess what I'm trying to figure out is, do coaches look at Kaep and say to themselves, he's still got the skills to play, but we can't take the off the field, political nonsense? Or do they say we can overlook the anthem kneeling and whatnot, but we can't overlook his terrible on the field play? Part of me think that teams aren't looking at him and saying well he doesn't have the skills and he's an off the field distraction so let's pass.

The skills argument is the one you hear more, because it's convenient, because nobody really wants to say they are pissed about the other thing as so many more are now doing it they wouldn't have a leg to stand on.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

I guess what I'm trying to figure out is, do coaches look at Kaep and say to themselves, he's still got the skills to play, but we can't take the off the field, political nonsense? Or do they say we can overlook the anthem kneeling and whatnot, but we can't overlook his terrible on the field play? Part of me think that teams aren't looking at him and saying well he doesn't have the skills and he's an off the field distraction so let's pass.

Thats exactly what it is......Lets assume Kap was just your run of the mill Free Agent, available QB....Can you really imagine his on the field play has fallen so far that he cant get a job anywhere?......He's without question better than any QB on the jacksonville or NY jets roster......He was better than Tom Savage, a starting QB...he's still better than anyone on the San Fran roster......There are many many more, and thats without even getting into backup QB's

 

[Yo Tee]

The reason I ask is because I can't get over these signings. None of these QBs are better on the field than Kaepernick. But they all don't have the off the field things going on the Kaepernick has.


Jaguars sign free-agent quarterback Ryan Nassib

Ravens sign arena QB David Olson

Vikings Sign QB Kyle Sloter To 53-Man Roster

Falcons sign quarterback Trevor Knight to practice squad, release DL Taniela Tupou

Bills sign quarterback Keith Wenning after Tyrod, Yates concussions

 

[megalodon30]

None of these QBs are better on the field than Kaepernick.

Vikings Sign QB Kyle Sloter To 53-Man Roster

Lies! Sloter is a great QB. Denver should have never cut him to get Osweiler. Vikings should start him.

 

[Yo Tee]

If he's soo good, why was he sitting at San Fran?

Lies! Sloter is a great QB. Denver should have never cut him to get Osweiler. Vikings should start him.

If he's soo good, why is he sitting at Minnesota?

 

[megalodon30]

If he's soo good, why is he sitting at Minnesota?

It's hard for undrafted rookies to crack the starting line-up.

 

[megalodon30]

I'm pretty sure Kyle Sloter is better than Kellen Clemens. But that's like saying he's better than Kaepernick or Eli Manning. It's not saying much.

 

[Yo Tee]

It's hard for undrafted rookies to crack the starting line-up.

Eh, I'll wait til he plays an NFL snap to judge him.

 

[Yo Tee]

I'm pretty sure Kyle Sloter is better than Kellen Clemens. But that's like saying he's better than Kaepernick or Eli Manning. It's not saying much.

That's the stupidest sentence I've seen in a long time.

 

[megalodon30]

That's the stupidest sentence I've seen in a long time.

These throws are pure gold!

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

These throws are pure gold!

Glove on Throwing hand eliminates him from good QB conversation