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FrisbeeDude
05/11/17 12:38:39 PM
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/05/11/the-colin-kaepernick-alternative-facts-continue-to-percolate/related/

When it comes to Colin Kaepernick’s ongoing unemployment, I feel like I’m constantly being lied to.

The evidence continues to mount of an effort by NFL teams to push false narratives about Kaepernick. And they’re working.

In March, as the lack of interest in Kaepernick became more glaring, someone told Dan Graziano of ESPN.com that Kaepernick wants both a salary in the range of $9 million to $10 million per year and a chance to compete for a starting job. The truth was, and still is, that no one knows what Kaepernick wants, because the conversation has never progressed to the point where anyone has asked Kaepernick or his agents what he wants.

The truth doesn’t matter, because nearly two months later the perception lingers that Kaepernick wants both a salary in the range of $9 million to $10 million per year and a chance to compete for a starting job.

Then there were the concerns about Kaepernick’s diet, which were articulated even as folks were marveling at Tom Brady’s avocado ice cream obsession, with no fear that he may be missing out on the protein and nutrients necessary to thrive on a football field by not scarfing down steaks and burgers and ribs and other assorted man meats.

More recently, Peter King of TheMMQB.com cited unnamed 49ers sources who believe that Kaepernick “might actually rather do social justice work full-time than play quarterback.” That notion was quickly shot down, but in this age of alternative facts the availability of the truth doesn’t matter. What matters is equipping those who see the world a certain way with something tangible to which they can point to support those views, regardless of whether it’s accurate.

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The Admiral
05/11/17 12:40:36 PM
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FrisbeeDude posted...
The truth was, and still is, that no one knows what Kaepernick wants, because the conversation has never progressed to the point where anyone has asked Kaepernick or his agents what he wants.


Then his agent is terrible and not doing his job. Since it's almost unfathomable that an agent is not actively calling on teams to try to get his client signed, I actually don't even believe this part.
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FrisbeeDude
05/11/17 12:41:18 PM
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Guy who was at Kaepernicks last charity event is on Dan Le Batard show right now is shooting down every rumor regarding what his asking price/demand for a starting job. Spoke to him directly. Literally only asking for an invite to a training camp

Edit: It was Dave Zirin of The Nation. Essentially, he's arguing this is a disinformation campaign by the league to demonstrate at the end of the day, it's a true meritocracy (which this story threatens to undermine)
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TheVipaGTS
05/11/17 12:41:43 PM
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The Admiral posted...
FrisbeeDude posted...
The truth was, and still is, that no one knows what Kaepernick wants, because the conversation has never progressed to the point where anyone has asked Kaepernick or his agents what he wants.


Then his agent is terrible and not doing his job. Since it's almost unfathomable that an agent is not actively calling on teams to try to get his client signed, I actually don't even believe this part.

of course you don't, because you've been trying to push that BS with no real source for months now, and now that it might turn out to be false you'd rather just ignore it than admit you've been wrong.
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Caution999
05/11/17 12:43:00 PM
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With how desperate NFL teams are for talent, they'd take practically anyone who could provide them insurance in case their QB went down.

Point being - Kap sucks.
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The Admiral
05/11/17 12:43:03 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
of course you don't, because you've been trying to push that BS with no real source for months now, and now that it might turn out to be false you'd rather just ignore it than admit you've been wrong.


The source was literally listed in the article and was reported by every sports media outlet. If those reports were false, then his agent is incompetent for never addressing it in over a month. More likely, that was the ask and there is zero interest in Kaep at that range, so he's backpedaling.
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Damn_Underscore
05/11/17 12:43:28 PM
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If he really doesn't care about the money he should go to the CFL
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Caution999
05/11/17 12:43:45 PM
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Jay Cutler is still a free agent, too. I'd take him over anyone else at this point if I was dying for a QB.
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Iodine
05/11/17 12:45:05 PM
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The Admiral posted...
FrisbeeDude posted...
The truth was, and still is, that no one knows what Kaepernick wants, because the conversation has never progressed to the point where anyone has asked Kaepernick or his agents what he wants.


Then his agent is terrible and not doing his job. Since it's almost unfathomable that an agent is not actively calling on teams to try to get his client signed, I actually don't even believe this part.

Or the agent has contacted teams on Kaep's behalf and was rejected before they could even progress to contract talks.
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TheVipaGTS
05/11/17 12:46:02 PM
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The Admiral posted...
TheVipaGTS posted...
of course you don't, because you've been trying to push that BS with no real source for months now, and now that it might turn out to be false you'd rather just ignore it than admit you've been wrong.


The source was literally listed in the article and was reported by every sports media outlet. If those reports were false, then his agent is incompetent for never addressing it in over a month. More likely, that was the ask and there is zero interest in Kaep at that range, so he's backpedaling.

If a team isn't interested in a player it wouldn't get to the negotiation stages....He's also not going to hurt their leverage on the negotiation end by starting at a low number before he gets a work out....
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Caution999
05/11/17 12:49:10 PM
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I think what a lot of casuals aren't getting is this:

Kaep has only flourished in the read-option offense. He's played like crap in traditional offenses. The read-option is NOT popular anymore. When your starting QB goes down, you don't want to install an ENTIRELY new playbook for the backup. Ideally, you want the backup to have a similar playing style to your starter.

This REALLY LIMITS Kaep's potential landing spot.
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Iodine
05/11/17 12:50:19 PM
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Caution999 posted...
I think what a lot of casuals aren't getting is this:

Kaep has only flourished in the read-option offense. He's played like crap in traditional offenses. The read-option is NOT popular anymore. When your starting QB goes down, you don't want to install an ENTIRELY new playbook for the backup. Ideally, you want the backup to play similar to your starter.

This REALLY LIMITS Kaep's potential landing spot.

Ran a traditional offense last year and was effective. Sounds like you are one of said casuals.
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FrisbeeDude
05/11/17 12:52:52 PM
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I think what a lot of casuals aren't getting is this:

They're are legit professionals saying this dude can still play in the league, especially since guys like Luke McCown are getting starting jobs. It isn't these supposed whiney liberals making a case for Kaepernick
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Caution999
05/11/17 12:53:45 PM
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Iodine posted...
Caution999 posted...
I think what a lot of casuals aren't getting is this:

Kaep has only flourished in the read-option offense. He's played like crap in traditional offenses. The read-option is NOT popular anymore. When your starting QB goes down, you don't want to install an ENTIRELY new playbook for the backup. Ideally, you want the backup to play similar to your starter.

This REALLY LIMITS Kaep's potential landing spot.

Ran a traditional offense last year and was effective. Sounds like you are one of said casuals.


What was the Niners record again?
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Cj_WlLL_VVlN
05/11/17 12:55:53 PM
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So I've hated Kaep from the day he took the job from Smith (who would have won a superbowl) and swore I wouldn't root for the niners til Harbaugh and Kaep were gone.

That said he's definitely got the talent to be at least a back up and I'm actually surprised he doesn't have a contract with Houston already.

Anyways I'm not someone who thinks his protest is singlehandedly keeping him out of the league and I'm also not someone that was upset with his protest.

What I will say is the guy stares down the first option, has no touch and can't read a defense. His biggest weapon were his feet and that dropped a lot once teams had tape on him.

The only seasons he looked good were played behind a great line with a great running back, and good receiving Corp.

All that said he's a solid back up/fringe starter. Teams don't take a media circus for that. Same reason Tebow couldn't keep a back up job. So yes his protest is keeping him out but not because of the protest but the media that came with it. Tim Brady or Aaron Rodgers could have the same protest and 30 teams would still sign them.
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Kyle1022
05/11/17 12:56:28 PM
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Iodine posted...
Ran a traditional offense last year and was effective. Sounds like you are one of said casuals.

LMAO Chip Kelly's offense was anything but traditional. Fuck outta here with that bullshit.
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Bishop9800
05/11/17 12:58:58 PM
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Caution999 posted...
What was the Niners record again?



Was he the QB? No.
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Caution999
05/11/17 12:59:38 PM
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Bishop9800 posted...
Caution999 posted...
What was the Niners record again?



Was he the QB? No.



Teams don't lose on purpose in the NFL. If he wasn't good enough to start....then....


well...
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Cj_WlLL_VVlN
05/11/17 1:00:45 PM
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Iodine posted...
Caution999 posted...
I think what a lot of casuals aren't getting is this:

Kaep has only flourished in the read-option offense. He's played like crap in traditional offenses. The read-option is NOT popular anymore. When your starting QB goes down, you don't want to install an ENTIRELY new playbook for the backup. Ideally, you want the backup to play similar to your starter.

This REALLY LIMITS Kaep's potential landing spot.

Ran a traditional offense last year and was effective. Sounds like you are one of said casuals.


Did you watch him play? I watched all 16 niner games. Not only did he get beat for the top spot by literally Blaine gabbert. He did manage to win one game and cost the team first overall. That was cool of him. He didn't flourish and before you bring up stats they are greatly inflated by playing way behind and putting up garbage time numbers.
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Iodine
05/11/17 1:01:31 PM
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Caution999 posted...
Bishop9800 posted...
Caution999 posted...
What was the Niners record again?



Was he the QB? No.



Teams don't lose on purpose in the NFL. If he wasn't good enough to start....then....


well...

Huh? He didn't start earlier because he was injured. Kaep was considerably better than Gabbert was last year.
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TheVipaGTS
05/11/17 1:01:41 PM
#21:


Caution999 posted...
Iodine posted...
Caution999 posted...
I think what a lot of casuals aren't getting is this:

Kaep has only flourished in the read-option offense. He's played like crap in traditional offenses. The read-option is NOT popular anymore. When your starting QB goes down, you don't want to install an ENTIRELY new playbook for the backup. Ideally, you want the backup to play similar to your starter.

This REALLY LIMITS Kaep's potential landing spot.

Ran a traditional offense last year and was effective. Sounds like you are one of said casuals.


What was the Niners record again?

He played in 12 games, had 16 TDs to 4 INTs and had a QBs or 90.7....are we just going to ignore the fact that the entire Niners team was terrible?
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FrisbeeDude
05/11/17 1:03:26 PM
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What was the Niners record again?

Calls others casuals

Proceeds to use W/L record as a viable stat

My loins...
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Were_Wyrm
05/11/17 1:03:35 PM
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FrisbeeDude posted...
Then there were the concerns about Kaepernick’s diet

Didn't seem to hurt Tony Gonzalez.
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FrisbeeDude
05/11/17 1:04:29 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
Caution999 posted...
Iodine posted...
Caution999 posted...
I think what a lot of casuals aren't getting is this:

Kaep has only flourished in the read-option offense. He's played like crap in traditional offenses. The read-option is NOT popular anymore. When your starting QB goes down, you don't want to install an ENTIRELY new playbook for the backup. Ideally, you want the backup to play similar to your starter.

This REALLY LIMITS Kaep's potential landing spot.

Ran a traditional offense last year and was effective. Sounds like you are one of said casuals.


What was the Niners record again?

He played in 12 games, had 16 TDs to 4 INTs and had a QBs or 90.7....are we just going to ignore the fact that the entire Niners team was terrible?


Only casuals use win/loss record while omitting the stats
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Cj_WlLL_VVlN
05/11/17 1:04:34 PM
#25:


Bishop9800 posted...
Caution999 posted...
What was the Niners record again?



Was he the QB? No.


He was for 11 games and in that time he won as many games as gabbert did in 5
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The Admiral
05/11/17 1:06:58 PM
#26:


FrisbeeDude posted...
TheVipaGTS posted...
Caution999 posted...
Iodine posted...
Caution999 posted...
I think what a lot of casuals aren't getting is this:

Kaep has only flourished in the read-option offense. He's played like crap in traditional offenses. The read-option is NOT popular anymore. When your starting QB goes down, you don't want to install an ENTIRELY new playbook for the backup. Ideally, you want the backup to play similar to your starter.

This REALLY LIMITS Kaep's potential landing spot.

Ran a traditional offense last year and was effective. Sounds like you are one of said casuals.


What was the Niners record again?

He played in 12 games, had 16 TDs to 4 INTs and had a QBs or 90.7....are we just going to ignore the fact that the entire Niners team was terrible?


Only casuals use win/loss record while omitting the stats


Only casuals don't understand garbage times stats in football. The 49ers were never in most of their games, and the opposing defense reflected that.
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Cj_WlLL_VVlN
05/11/17 1:09:45 PM
#27:


Iodine posted...
Caution999 posted...
Bishop9800 posted...
Caution999 posted...
What was the Niners record again?



Was he the QB? No.



Teams don't lose on purpose in the NFL. If he wasn't good enough to start....then....


well...

Huh? He didn't start earlier because he was injured. Kaep was considerably better than Gabbert was last year.

No need to lie. He was beat out in camp and preseason and gabbert was named the starter.
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Cj_WlLL_VVlN
05/11/17 1:11:33 PM
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Me-
Did you watch him play? I watched all 16 niner games. Not only did he get beat for the top spot by literally Blaine gabbert. He did manage to win one game and cost the team first overall. That was cool of him. He didn't flourish and before you bring up stats they are greatly inflated by playing way behind and putting up garbage time numbers...

You-

He played in 12 games, had 16 TDs to 4 INTs and had a QBs or 90.7....are we just going to ignore the fact that the entire Niners team was terrible?

Why you do this
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Amputation
05/11/17 1:12:32 PM
#29:


The Admiral posted...
FrisbeeDude posted...
TheVipaGTS posted...
Caution999 posted...
Iodine posted...
Caution999 posted...
I think what a lot of casuals aren't getting is this:

Kaep has only flourished in the read-option offense. He's played like crap in traditional offenses. The read-option is NOT popular anymore. When your starting QB goes down, you don't want to install an ENTIRELY new playbook for the backup. Ideally, you want the backup to play similar to your starter.

This REALLY LIMITS Kaep's potential landing spot.

Ran a traditional offense last year and was effective. Sounds like you are one of said casuals.


What was the Niners record again?

He played in 12 games, had 16 TDs to 4 INTs and had a QBs or 90.7....are we just going to ignore the fact that the entire Niners team was terrible?


Only casuals use win/loss record while omitting the stats


Only casuals don't understand garbage times stats in football. The 49ers were never in most of their games, and the opposing defense reflected that.


Of course Admiral shows a disproportionate amount of interest and criticism toward an African American football player/activist.
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Bishop9800
05/11/17 1:14:31 PM
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Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted...

No need to lie. He was beat out in camp and preseason and gabbert was named the starter.



No. He was still injured. And just had surgery. When Gabbet won two or three gamea, the idiot coach thought he was the best. Now look at where that got him.
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The Admiral
05/11/17 1:17:29 PM
#31:


Amputation posted...

Of course Admiral shows a disproportionate amount of interest and criticism toward an African American football player/activist.


LOL, whatt a weak argument.

However, this is like the 4th topic on Kaepernick in the last month by the TC. If you want to know who is obsessed with black QBs, look no further.
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Iodine
05/11/17 1:18:18 PM
#32:


The Admiral posted...
FrisbeeDude posted...
TheVipaGTS posted...
Caution999 posted...
Iodine posted...
Caution999 posted...
I think what a lot of casuals aren't getting is this:

Kaep has only flourished in the read-option offense. He's played like crap in traditional offenses. The read-option is NOT popular anymore. When your starting QB goes down, you don't want to install an ENTIRELY new playbook for the backup. Ideally, you want the backup to play similar to your starter.

This REALLY LIMITS Kaep's potential landing spot.

Ran a traditional offense last year and was effective. Sounds like you are one of said casuals.


What was the Niners record again?

He played in 12 games, had 16 TDs to 4 INTs and had a QBs or 90.7....are we just going to ignore the fact that the entire Niners team was terrible?


Only casuals use win/loss record while omitting the stats


Only casuals don't understand garbage times stats in football. The 49ers were never in most of their games, and the opposing defense reflected that.

Not really. Among QBs with at least 100 attempts, Kaep had the 13th highest passing TD%.
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Amputation
05/11/17 1:19:31 PM
#34:


The Admiral posted...
Amputation posted...

Of course Admiral shows a disproportionate amount of interest and criticism toward an African American football player/activist.


LOL, whatt a weak argument.

However, this is like the 4th topic on Kaepernick in the last month by the TC. If you want to know is obsessed with black QBs, look no further.


Weak argument? I didn't even present an argument, lol. It's an observation.

Is "weak argument!" some kind of auto-response to any comment someone directs toward you?

"Hey Admiral, nice day, right?"

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sktgamer_13dude
05/11/17 1:19:46 PM
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Colin is a shit QB. He has a strong arm and is mobile but the guy can't read a defense. If his first read isn't open, he gets lost. Sometimes it turns into a big play because of his elite athleticism and most of the time, either nothing happens or something bad happens. The guy isn't a good QB.

He could be a good RB though or even a WR if he developed some pass catching skills. Guy can motor around the field with the best of them. He just isn't a NFL QB.
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FrisbeeDude
05/11/17 1:20:53 PM
#36:


The Admiral posted...
Amputation posted...

Of course Admiral shows a disproportionate amount of interest and criticism toward an African American football player/activist.


LOL, whatt a weak argument.

However, this is like the 4th topic on Kaepernick in the last month by the TC. If you want to know who is obsessed with black QBs, look no further.


How many topics on the Freddie Gray trial did you have?
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J E S U S
05/11/17 1:21:38 PM
#37:


Iodine posted...
The Admiral posted...
FrisbeeDude posted...
TheVipaGTS posted...
Caution999 posted...
Iodine posted...
Caution999 posted...
I think what a lot of casuals aren't getting is this:

Kaep has only flourished in the read-option offense. He's played like crap in traditional offenses. The read-option is NOT popular anymore. When your starting QB goes down, you don't want to install an ENTIRELY new playbook for the backup. Ideally, you want the backup to play similar to your starter.

This REALLY LIMITS Kaep's potential landing spot.

Ran a traditional offense last year and was effective. Sounds like you are one of said casuals.


What was the Niners record again?

He played in 12 games, had 16 TDs to 4 INTs and had a QBs or 90.7....are we just going to ignore the fact that the entire Niners team was terrible?


Only casuals use win/loss record while omitting the stats


Only casuals don't understand garbage times stats in football. The 49ers were never in most of their games, and the opposing defense reflected that.

Not really. Among QBs with at least 100 attempts, Kaep had the 13th highest passing TD%.


I'm curious as to how many of these TDs were thrown when the game was already out of reach
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TheVipaGTS
05/11/17 1:22:36 PM
#38:


Kaepernick played better than Gabbert did last season, on the same team, in the same scenarios, with the same weapons.....Gabbert got signed before him....
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Amputation
05/11/17 1:24:26 PM
#39:


FrisbeeDude posted...
The Admiral posted...
Amputation posted...

Of course Admiral shows a disproportionate amount of interest and criticism toward an African American football player/activist.


LOL, whatt a weak argument.

However, this is like the 4th topic on Kaepernick in the last month by the TC. If you want to know who is obsessed with black QBs, look no further.


How many topics on the Freddie Gray trial did you have?


How many Muslim topics has he made?
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Cj_WlLL_VVlN
05/11/17 1:25:00 PM
#40:


ITT: people that understand and watch football arguing against people that want Kaepernick to have a job because they support his protest.
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ThePrinceFish
05/11/17 1:26:19 PM
#41:


J E S U S posted...


I'm curious as to how many of these TDs were thrown when the game was already out of reach

Kaepernick threw the majority of his TDs on the first drives before collapsing for the rest of the game. He threw 5 TDs in the second half of games last year.
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Cj_WlLL_VVlN
05/11/17 1:27:34 PM
#42:


TheVipaGTS posted...
Kaepernick played better than Gabbert did last season, on the same team, in the same scenarios, with the same weapons.....Gabbert got signed before him....


Gabbert doesn't come with a media circus and gabbert is more adaptable than Kaep.

All that said he's a solid back up/fringe starter. Teams don't take a media circus for that. Same reason Tebow couldn't keep a back up job. So yes his protest is keeping him out but not because of the protest but the media that came with it. Tim Brady or Aaron Rodgers could have the same protest and 30 teams would still sign them.
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FrisbeeDude
05/11/17 1:27:42 PM
#43:


Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted...
ITT: people that understand and watch football arguing against people that want Kaepernick to have a job because they support his protest.



Again, it isn't "dem SJWs" arguing that this guy can play in this league and that guys like mark Sanchez, Luke McCown and Blaine gabbert getting jobs before is fairly absurd. Former coach, players and analysts have argued he can still play. Take your head outta the sand
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Iodine
05/11/17 1:27:50 PM
#44:


Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted...
ITT: people that understand and watch football arguing against people that want Kaepernick to have a job because they support his protest.

It is fairly ridiculous to make this statement and still think Kaep was in any way bad last year.
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The Admiral
05/11/17 1:27:57 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
Kaepernick played better than Gabbert did last season, on the same team, in the same scenarios, with the same weapons.....Gabbert got signed before him....


Gabbert isn't very good, but his style of play actually fits with the Cardinals. In other words, the team doesn't need to relearn the offensive playbook if Palmer goes down. Kaep doesn't fit in that system. Not to mention, Gabbert is not a major distraction.
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DarthAragorn
05/11/17 1:28:43 PM
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Kaep is Krap, that's why he doesn't have a job
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Iodine
05/11/17 1:28:53 PM
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Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted...
TheVipaGTS posted...
Kaepernick played better than Gabbert did last season, on the same team, in the same scenarios, with the same weapons.....Gabbert got signed before him....


Gabbert doesn't come with a media circus and gabbert is more adaptable than Kaep.

All that said he's a solid back up/fringe starter. Teams don't take a media circus for that. Same reason Tebow couldn't keep a back up job. So yes his protest is keeping him out but not because of the protest but the media that came with it. Tim Brady or Aaron Rodgers could have the same protest and 30 teams would still sign them.



When the hell did Blaine fucking Gabbert show he was capable of effectively running a "traditional" offense? He has been horrible his entire career.
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TheVipaGTS
05/11/17 1:29:05 PM
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Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted...
ITT: people that understand and watch football arguing against people that want Kaepernick to have a job because they support his protest.


I don't want him to have a job BECAUSE of his protests....I personally think he is a capable back up. FOH with that pretentious "*scoff* you just don't understand the game like we do" shit lmao...
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Iodine
05/11/17 1:29:23 PM
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I can't believe Gabbert truthers actually exist.
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Dathrowed1
05/11/17 1:29:23 PM
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Kyle1022 posted...
Iodine posted...
Ran a traditional offense last year and was effective. Sounds like you are one of said casuals.

LMAO Chip Kelly's offense was anything but traditional. Fuck outta here with that bullshit.

I was like what?
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TheVipaGTS
05/11/17 1:30:15 PM
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people suddenly think Gabbert is Capable of doing anything in any offense....my sides...
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