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I guess he's getting killed on social media because he says Kaepernick isn't very good.
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JTB":ededkfca said:I guess he's getting killed on social media because he says Kaepernick isn't very good.
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Randy Johnson isnt a good comp. He had 2 clubs in his bag. The heater and Mr. Snappy, one of the best sliders in MLB history. But....... I get what you are trying to say.Jville":1ep0s1ja said:Excellent article. :2thumbs:
We see fastball artist try and get by with only one club in their bag. Although a few make a career of it, most don't. Randy Johnson got enough opportunities over the years to finally made it big time in his sport. John Elway leaned on his fastball and one man show until one day the light came on. But, there are many ..... many who don't fair as well.
Kaepernick may have used up his opportunities a couple years ago. After all, professional leagues figure out those who fail to learn and grow their game. After which, the competition runs most of them out of the league.
Uncle Si":3b61w5et said:http://deadspin.com/the-nfl-machine-has-finally-beaten-colin-kaepernick-1795900410
A better article.
Andy Benoit's article is an absurd piece of subjective journalism. It also masks what may be a very disturbing story: the blackballing of an NFL player because he made a political statement (albeit a mild one) before a football game.
People should be far more concerned about what Kaep's story reflects about the NFL (and its fans) then debating whether he is a better QB than Matt Moore, Chad Henne, Matt Barkley (i mean some of the names he chooses are so ridiculous you have to assume he's just trying to get people going).
If people truly put their pettiness behind and could care less about standing or kneeling for the anthem before games (his personal choice.. and who cares what one person does, it's the product of this nation's foundation) then it would not be hard to see that he's a starter in this league for 15 teams, not worse than 15 other's backups.
That's what the story is here. Trying to hide it behind this idiot's subjective argument that he's worse than a cavalcade of HS gym teachers is dumb.
But whatever... FOOTBALL!!!!!!!
Uncle Si":3atzubc9 said:You're missing a much bigger picture here. And maybe that's fine..
He's not very good, and that is part of the situation. I do not believe it is bigger than the other part of the situation is though. We certainly recognize the factors working against him, we just have the weighted differently.
Uncle Si":1emoqqxk said:You're missing a much bigger picture here. And maybe that's fine..
He's not very good, and that is part of the situation. I do not believe it is bigger than the other part of the situation is though. We certainly recognize the factors working against him, we just have the weighted differently.
JTB":2168oubg said:That's the NFL in a nutshell and it's the same today as it was in 1992.
Popeyejones":2o6a43un said:In Benoit's defense he's always been insanely low on Kaepernick, but that he's worse than half the backups in the league is ridiculous.
To convince me of Benoit's point, you'd have to convince me that Colin Kaepernick is considerably worse than the backup QBs who have actually been signed this off-season, which is just laughable.
People really want to argue he's worse than ALL OF Aaron Murray, David Fales, Kellen Moore, EJ Manuel, Matt McGloin, TJ Yates, Austin Davis, Chase Daniel, Blaine Gabbert, Josh Johnson, Geno Smith, Mark Sanchez, Case Keenum, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Matt Barkley, Landry Jones, Josh McCown, and Nick Foles?
Sorry, but at the end of the day you can take any measurement of quarterbacks you want and save for Nick Foles' one great year five years ago this is a list of 18 guys who have never even gotten close to sniffing Kaepernick's jock strap.
I'm fine with pointing out Kaepernick's flaws, but if you want to talk about his flaws as a player, you have to talk about the players who are being signed ahead of him. That he's somewhere worse than ALL OF these guys (let alone any of them) is simply laughable.