Studs And Duds - Packers vs. Bears

[call_me_ishmael]

Kaep is making plenty of money right now without risking injury. Why on earth would he ever want to play in the league again at the this point? He has his health, and his money. What more could you want?

[mraynrand]

Kaep is making plenty of money right now without risking injury. Why on earth would he ever want to play in the league again at the this point? He has his health, and his money. What more could you want?

Championships, success.

[call_me_ishmael]

Championships, success.

Championships I'll give you, but he has success. He has plenty of money and his health. That's what NFL success looks like.

[pbmax]

There are 2 reasons why Kapernick isn't in the NFL and one of them is that he isn't a very good QB. Like Tebow he would make a decent backup, but the headache that comes with it isn't worth it.

Tebow couldn't sniff a Super Bowl. CK is at least as good as Trent Dilfer and Nick Foles and likely better. Here is a list of some of the backups in the NFL:

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet
As the preseason wound down, sounds like some backup QBs solidified their standing as No. 2: #Panthers QB Taylor Heinicke, #Chargers QB Geno Smith, #Broncos QB Chad Kelly, #Jaguars QB Cody Kessler.

Here are some starters:

Nathan Peterman, Eli Manning, Sam Bradford, Tyrod Taylor, Blake Bortles, Case Keenum and Alex Smith.

[pbmax]

Kaep is making plenty of money right now without risking injury. Why on earth would he ever want to play in the league again at the this point? He has his health, and his money. What more could you want?

You have his endorsement contract with Nike?

[Fritz]

From my perspective, they certainly invested in the position and the player there looks like he has a strong future. I actually thought Kizer looked alright tonight. He had no time in my opinion.

You cannot pay ARod 33M and then pay another guy 5M to back him up.

I agree, for the most part, but I am troubled that he seems to be continuing his habit of committing turnovers. Maybe he can learn to stop that. I sure hope so.

I would also include Jamal Williams on a "meh" list. I imagine there were thousands of fans screaming "Dammit there's a big hole right there!" only to see Jamal run right up his center's back. Guy has no vision at all.

[pbmax]

I agree, for the most part, but I am troubled that he seems to be continuing his habit of committing turnovers. Maybe he can learn to stop that. I sure hope so.

I would also include Jamal Williams on a "meh" list. I imagine there were thousands of fans screaming "Dammit there's a big hole right there!" only to see Jamal run right up his center's back. Guy has no vision at all.

if Jamaal had cut back like Howard was, he'd have doubled his yardage total.

[Cheesehead Craig]

I'm going studs (small s) with the rookie corners Alexander and Jackson along with the sophomore King. They didn't make splash plays, but they didn't look lost out there, and we didn't hear about them screwing anything up and given the dumpster fire the secondary has been, this is a very encouraging start for those three.

[call_me_ishmael]

You have his endorsement contract with Nike?

The rumors are that he is paid as a tier one football star for Nike, so that should be good money. Not basketball star money, but good money none the less. Most sites peg his net worth at around 20M. Not bad at 30 with your health. I can easily see why he turned down the Broncos though. He's not a young buck anymore. It's not worth playing and risking injury knowing you aren't getting a phat contract without taking a small contract first. This is all just my opinion on money management and risk aversion of course.

[call_me_ishmael]

I'm going studs (small s) with the rookie corners Alexander and Jackson along with the sophomore King. They didn't make splash plays, but they didn't look lost out there, and we didn't hear about them screwing anything up and given the dumpster fire the secondary has been, this is a very encouraging start for those three.

100% agreed. Josh Jackson got some snaps in crunch time as well. I am far more excited about that pair then Randall and Rollins.

[mraynrand]

Tebow couldn't sniff a Super Bowl. CK is at least as good as Trent Dilfer and Nick Foles and likely better. Here is a list of some of the backups in the NFL:

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet
As the preseason wound down, sounds like some backup QBs solidified their standing as No. 2: #Panthers QB Taylor Heinicke, #Chargers QB Geno Smith, #Broncos QB Chad Kelly, #Jaguars QB Cody Kessler.

Here are some starters:

Nathan Peterman, Eli Manning, Sam Bradford, Tyrod Taylor, Blake Bortles, Case Keenum and Alex Smith.

I disagree with you on Foles, just based on accuracy - though maybe Foles was just hot last year, and Kap is better long-term. There are probably about 3-5 teams who would start Kap next Sunday if they didn't have to worry about controversy.

[mraynrand]

He has plenty of money and his health. That's what NFL success looks like.

I'll quibble with you here: that's personal success, but not NFL success.

[mraynrand]

100% agreed. Josh Jackson got some snaps in crunch time as well. I am far more excited about that pair then Randall and Rollins.

So far, King, Jackson, and Alexander all look promising. Add Josh Jones and you have a very young secondary with a lot of potentially rising talent.

[Carolina_Packer]

if Jamaal had cut back like Howard was, he'd have doubled his yardage total.

The Bears backside contain was better than the Packers, so I don't know if that's true or not. Fangio had that defense ready to play.

[smuggler]

Why didn't Dean Lowry get a sack for the last when he fell on Trubs with the high snap?