Hope Trump is working out nicely for him.

He's not too bright but there's a bigger picture here.

There's an issue here that has nothing to do with voting

I said I had no sympathy for him. I simply have no patience for people who couldn't be bothered to vote while all the time trying to make themselves into some kind of popular hero.

If he were a better player, he'd be snapped up right away. He's a has-been, not a martyr.

If you are a non voter who knows they are not really really good at their job and may have a hard time finding work and they quit (opt out) of a deal that would have kept them employed for another year ...

He did not lose his job ... he quit his job.

With Trump and MAGA, Kaepernick was as radioactive as if he burned the American flag on the 50-yard line. Trump would have incorporated this situation to advance him and his policies if the NFL had been reasonable and logical and adopted a different response. If Obama had still been in the WH, I doubt we'd be having this conversation.

Men who have beaten women.

Fuck the NFL.

The NFL is a league made of bullies and want-to-be-bullies. On what level would one think protesting anything would make them or anyone watching want to change?

We all give up a lot to live in the world we are living in today (and probably render our species and lots of others extinct because of it).

Who you going to fight, city hall?

when you consider all the other players protesting. Kaepernick isn't on a roster for the same reason Robert Griffin and Tim Tebow aren't. He isn't good enough. He's at best a mediocre quarterback who can't read the field properly before trying to run. That makes him a backup quarterback at best. But in addition to then having to revamp your offense for him (cutting down on his reads, changing how offensive linemen block, what plays you can call), you have to deal with all the attention. For a backup, that's more than a team would want to deal with.

There are some teams where he would be a better fit, Seattle, Buffalo and Carolina all come to mind for having quarterbacks prone to running, but Seattle and Carolina have dealt with injuries to their quarterbacks for running and are trying to rein that in. And Buffalo has their own quarterback issues to sort out in terms of determining if Taylor is good enough, you don't need a potential quarterback controversy.

.....Scott Tolzien.....Brock Osweiller.....Geno Smith

There are some bad QB's out there.

1. He know the offense already
2. He is friends with Elway's son
3. He costs 750k!

He makes 16 million and plays for Cleveland now. After bombing out as a FA with Houston.

Did you know Dan Marino retired?

You might want to check your information and consider self-deleting

I didn't realize that all happened in the last 23 hours.

Which still proves my point.....a guy signed as a free agent for big money, failed, was traded, then released before the season started and now back with his old team was getting 16 million dollars for what?

But I knew that you would hear about that.

Take care.

He sucks, yet was considered the big FA move of the year last season. He's now on his third team in a year.

.....

Go do some homework and you come off a bit better, maybe a bit less like a tRump supporter.

Pretty amazing for a guy who was the top FA quarterback one year ago and is now on his third team in six months, but Cap can't get a sniff, don't you agree?

Brock is a better fit for the Broncos

Would Kap be happy with 750k?

Brock screwed up and left the Broncos, now they are giving him a second chance do you think he will have the potential to be a bit more humble?

Brock and Elway's kid roomed together in college, so I would guess there was some backdoor negotiations and assessments going on. Something they wouldn't be able to do with Kap.

Brock already knows the basic Bronco offense.

Look I went to ASU (Brock's college team) and have always been a 49er fan so I am partial to both guys, but if I am in the Denver front office I take Brock every time.

As for the other teams, there just isn't a big enough upside to take the heat for signing Kap. Now some team might get lucky but it is more likely they will just take the heat.

And finally, I don't disagree with Kaps actions. I hope we have a boatload of players kneeling during week one.

In a bit of interesting trivia, the best throw I ever saw was in Sun Devils stadium, 1982, Elway scrambles and throws a ball diagonally across the field from the 45 to the end zone - ACROSS THE FIELD - on a line.

Is a bad QB, and cant read a defense. That's why he's not playing.

But he'll be playing in Denver. At least suiting up there...

Mallet and Osweiler can run an NFL level pass first multi read offense. Poorly, but they don't require remaking the offense into run first.

Geno Smith I have no idea about. He's younget than Kaep so maybe has some chance to improve?

I know the Broncos did well in 2015 but eventually Osweiler got replaced by a faded legend who couldn't move.

This thread isn't even getting much traction here on DU, where he was hailed as a hero last year. No one cares about him. He's yesterday's news.

I don't mind kicking the thread because I think it's a good article that the OP posted, but he'll be forgotten soon. Hope he can find another job. Did he even go to college?

There's some speculation Kaepernick, who was once drafted by the Cubs, may do a Tim Tebow and peruse a baseball career as a pitcher; he DOES have a rocket arm, although the jury is still out on his accuracy.

The university thing doesn't surprise me though lol. Isn't that one known for "graduating" athletes?

Look, I am a long term 49er fan. He was never able to progress. In fact, once his weaknesses were uncovered he regressed. During his last season as a starter the receivers would become visibly upset with him. He didn't have the ability to read the defense, he didn't have the ability to make decisions during the game. Once he was taught not to take off and run as his second option he actually lost his ability to run effectively. You could see the gears turning in this head, start to tuck ball, wait, don't run, wait look at second option, oh shit the defense is closing in on me.

So there is really not very much upside and the majority of your supporters would be unhappy.

I'm all for making a statement, but Colin is not the guy you die for.

fully two years before he discovered his activism. It was about the same time he was labeled a 'head case' and 'damaged goods'. Great athletic, but he's just not to swift upstairs.

Yea, no privilege here

http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2014/11/annkillion-jameis-rapist-tweet-shows-white-privilege-extends-to-media/

If you watch the NFC Championship game where he throws the pick against Seattle and the SuperBowl against Baltimore, he misses open receivers prior to the plays that cost the game. Not by physical mistakes but mental ones on previous plays. Wide open guys he just misses seeing. Now in those first two years it was OK, always figured he will improve, if only slightly, on the mental aspect. But as stated, his brain would just lock, painful as hell watch, I can't imagine what it did to coaches.

There was one game during Harbaugh's last year, 4th and two at the opponents 44, too long for the FG kicker, something they obviously went over. (Distance to try a FB) So they run up to the line of scrimmage and he starts trying to pull the other team offside. Now if that doesn't happen you simply take a delay of game punt from 5 yards back and try and have your defense hold and then get one more chance to move down the field.

Poor Kap looks up at the play clock running down, can only think he doesn't want a penalty and calls a time out. Harbaugh starts to get pissed, but was around Kap long enough to know it was worthless. They get the ball back late in the game, could have used that time out, but Kap burned that one for no reason and another one due to other confusion.

So is Kap better than some of the other QBs in the league, yes, without a doubt. Is Kap going to be able to lead a team to multiple playoff wins, No. When teams weren't fully prepared for them he had an advantage, once his weaknesses were exposed he became a bigger liability. So why should any team take up a fight for him.

That being said, I think the kneeling is justifiable, I would like to see entire teams take a knee next weekend to send a message.

Is speaking for other black people, not for the Democratic Party, and on that score he is a hero and a martyr and a victim of racism.

He is unemployed NOT because of his skill set (it's better than at least a quarter of STARTING quarterbacks). The other players who support him are NOT employed because they are more valuable to their team but because they have not taken the same courageous and honest stand.

It's one thing to stand up for "free speech." It's another to speak the truth about systemic racism, to speak the truth that Blue on black crime is an intended goal of law enforcement, not merely an aberration, and that the black genocide occurring in our urban centers and elsewhere is not an unforseen consequence of our criminal justice system, but it's objective.

That's the kind of truth privileged NFL owners and fans can't handle.

THAT'S why Kaepernick is unemployed.

Not what's happening here.

He's washed up. They'd hire him if he had any usable skills.

Look at some of the other responses in this thread where posters who know football comment on the issue.

Hero? Martyr? Victim? Pfft. Dude could not even bother to vote.

Oh my

Keep talking

We know that now.

But not to many other people. He's a has-been.

Only Belichick would take a flyer on Tebow, who is a good comparison. Tebow and Kaepernick are both good college and mediocre NFL QBs who come with a lot of baggage.

On top of the Tebow effect, Kaep has a bunch of racist NFL owners trying to screw him.

So it's both. Football reasons and off field reasons.

But we both know if he was a Cam Newton (time will tell with him) or a Tom Brady he'd be signed.

Bottom line for me - taking a knee is stupid compared to voting. Sick of people who yell all the time, but never vote.

He brought attention and awareness to an important issue. Others are carrying on. I love what he did with the million dollar pledge. It's sad that he didn't vote. It's sad that he wore that Castro shirt and people are mad Miami didn't take him. Are you fucking kidding me? If you can't understand that, then you don't have a clue. There is definitely division between players and owners as well as fans. But things are only getting started on the player protest front.

..All the antifa pearl clutching.....defending any shitty behavior or words if it's done by a Democrat.....now slamming someone like Kaepernick (not the OP, just many of the responses and in other threads on the subject). I don't even recognize it on here any more. And yeah, it's always been a collection of differing opinions and takes on the generally liberal side of things. But lately this place has really become a haven for spin and hypocrisy that just depresses me way more than it offers any kind of light in this time of darkness.