Kaepernick unemployment

[QBME]

He didn't go to evil military academy for six years to be called 'mister'

Zactly. And considering he entered Rangers school at 40, cat was a bad ass. A touch touched, but still effective at what he did.

[Cheesehead Craig]

How is this possible? Tank said that Kaepernick was a stud... I mean he couldn't have been wrong, could he?

[KYPack]

How is this possible? Tank said that Kaepernick was a stud... I mean he couldn't have been wrong, could he?

Yep.

The guy had me scratching my head for a bit. The guy had (has) a live arm. But it was all off that read option shit. When a big part of the offense is based on the QB running, all NFL D's will beat the dog shit out of the passer. Kap (in Tank speak) is a big thing in the open field. But you contain him in the pocket, he is mediocre. Kaepernick , RGIII, Tebow, & the other guys that lived off read option all died a pretty quick death.

Russel Wilson started out in similar vein, but soon learned he had to be an effective pocket passer to survive in the NFL. Russ did it and is still an good player. The others are all looking for a home.

[pbmax]

We need to consider the other contenders. Someone drafted Christian Hackenberg in the second round and today he was intercepted twice and had five other passs dropped by the defense in a 7 on 7 drill.

He also hit reporters on the sideline twice. And he is qualified to be a backup.

The only thing he is good at standing in the pocket and being tall.

Kaepernick is a market inefficiency. I am stunned he isn't in New England, who employed Doug Flutie.

[pbmax]

Josh McCown—who was somehow WORSE statistically for Cleveland last year than Austin Davis was the year prior—is currently entrenched as the Jets’ starting quarterback.

And Austin Davis is backing up in Seattle, despite being objectively terrible.

And this from Bill Bardwell, addressing Andy Benoit and those who claim its the pocket passing that they cannot do without.

[Bretsky]

he's not good enough for the headache...aka....pain in the ass
He brought this on himself. Now he lives with the distraction

[texaspackerbacker]

Kaepernick may be an all out piece of crap, but if I was a Seattle fan, I'd be ranting loud and long in their forum about choosing Austin Johnson over him. The guy was a positive factor for the Niners in his first year or two just as a part time mostly running QB. At very least, he could do that for a team. The burst he showed many times against the Packers especially was impressive and unique even among running QBs. For a team like the Seahawks, using a roughly similar QB like Wilson, he seems like a natural back up.

[KYPack]

he's not good enough for the headache...aka....pain in the ass
He brought this on himself. Now he lives with the distraction

Amen, Bro.

On PB's list, I'd snarf up AJ McCarron. With time in a copasetic system, I think he'll be fine.

[Upnorth]

I don't think Kap is the worst qb, but in terms of production to expected contract he may be. We don't know his contract expectations. He will be hired after the first big injury

[George Cumby]

If I cared enough, I'd go dig up that old thread about how Kaepernick and Wilson were the new wave and the pocket QB was dead. But I don't other than to say, "I told you so!"

[Cleft Crusty]

Osweiler and Kaepernick are separated by 8.7 passer rating points, yet Brock was so horrible that Houston has to include a second rounder to give his contract to Cleveland of all teams. The lesson is that QB ratings can be misleading. You watch Kaepernick play live and he's worse than Osweiler. The lack of consistent accuracy last season was astonishing. Really, Clefty hasn't seen swing and misses that terrible since my son-in-law tried to deck me after I called him a wuss for crying when I ran him over in a game of pickup basketball.

Who knows what the future holds? Kaepernick could get a crewcut, salute the flag, throw a thousand passes through a tire swing, and find a team that needs him. America is a land of second chances. Unless you tweet about tentacles.

[pbmax]

Osweiler and Kaepernick are separated by 8.7 passer rating points, yet Brock was so horrible that Houston has to include a second rounder to give his contract to Cleveland of all teams. The lesson is that QB ratings can be misleading. You watch Kaepernick play live and he's worse than Osweiler. The lack of consistent accuracy last season was astonishing. Really, Clefty hasn't seen swing and misses that terrible since my son-in-law tried to deck me after I called him a wuss for crying when I ran him over in a game of pickup basketball.

Who knows what the future holds? Kaepernick could get a crewcut, salute the flag, throw a thousand passes through a tire swing, and find a team that needs him. America is a land of second chances. Unless you tweet about tentacles.

Osweiler has never been better than he showed. He was hand selected to start in an established offense with some talent by an established coach. He was also traded because his contract was a talisman of incompetence. Chicago might have had the same experience next offseason, but they drafted a savior behind him.

Kaeppernick was in year 1 of non-NFL Chip Kelly's regime with a dearth of talent. And he out played him. Passer rating or DVOA or ESPN QB index or eyeballs, he was better. In the pocket, he was better. Outside the pocket, forget it.

Market failure. Someone above wrote he will be brought in by someone who loses the established starter. This is probably correct by now. Because he is the only body out there who could actually help you win a game. Its just that no one wants to admit their backup is just window dressing.

Does he have touch? No. He lacks several throws he needs in a traditional offense. You will need to adjust the offense. But that is almost always better than fitting square pegs into round holes. The talent will show through if you let it. Your scheme is not so precious, nor the only way to skin that cat, that it makes it worthwhile to hold on to Hackenburg, McCown or Davis.

Even Matt Flynn struggled to go .500 while keeping M3's offense intact.

Teams cannot afford to get cute with a starting QB. They are happy to get cute in the offseason with a backup QB.

[Cleft Crusty]

Passer rating or DVOA or ESPN QB index or eyeballs, he was better.

Maybe all that alphabet soup means something to you whippersnappers, but Clefty used his eyeballs. How many games did you actually watch? Then again, with cataracts and macular degeneration, I may have been watching Dancing with the Stars, and didn't know it.

[pbmax]

I saw parts of both Seahawks games (the first of which was Gabbert I believe) and some of the Patriots and Cardinals games.

[Tony Oday]

I would stop watching Packer Games if we signed this piece of race baiting shit. Screw him and his voiding of a contract that paid him $16.9 million this year. I hope he never plays again, cries about it being unfair and goes rich people broke and has to love a normal persons life.