McCarron >< Kaepernick

[Shake n Blake]

(05-14-2017, 03:29 PM)eoxyod Wrote: 1. People preach just wanting a football player but when someone disagrees with them they are suddenly very bad for the team. Kaep does a load for the community outside of football and despite constant criticism has remained professional

2. When you watch film of Kaepernick he was actually pretty good last year with WRs and TEs none of you could name. He tore apart defenses like Seattle and Atlanta. He just had an awful team around him doing absolutely nothing.

3. I'm the furthest thing from an SJW, but it always tickles me to see people always ask those protesting to do it over to the side, where no change could possibly be accomplished due to it not being public. Odd how this mostly happens with black people protesting. Hmm....

4. Teams are significantly less likely to win with a backup QB if the starter gets hurt long term. What I want in that situation is a high ceiling QB. This doesn't mean the QB will develop to be great, but the QB can bring a lot to the table to increase variables that can improve play. Kaep has a good arm, slightly below average accuracy, and the ability to RUN. Since a good QB like Dalton allows the margin of error from the rest of the team to increase, Kaep's ability to be versatile does a similar thing although the general margin of error is decreased.

I am very behind trading McCarron for whatever we can get him for and signing Kaep, because then we get the added benefit of compensation

1. You're lumping everyone in a basket, but I personally have never wanted a player who seems more interested in drawing attention to himself and his own personal causes than football. He could support his cause without making it all about himself and bringing massive media scrutiny on his team. Lebron, Wade and Carmelo supported the same cause without making an ass of themselves.

2. He was okay. In the games you point to, he threw for 183 yards and led his offense to 13 points against ATL. He threw for 215 against Seattle. He averaged 203 yards in the 11 games he started and finished, which would come out to 3253 yards for a full season. That's about right for him. He was always protected by a great defense and run game, but unlike Russell Wilson (who he was compared to early on), he's incapable of carrying the load with his arm. I think he'd make a fine backup or a stopgap starter if his mind is in it.

3. Eox you're better than pulling the race card. Race has zilch to do with why people are angry with Kaep. If Andy Dalton dropped to a knee during the Anthem, I'd be ticked at him too. It's not even "just" that he disrespected the anthem. It's everything lumped together. The piggy socks, the ignorance of wearing a Castro shirt during such a protest, admitting he didn't vote, not clearly defining what he wanted to see in order to end his protest, etc.

4. If Kaep came with no luggage and was 100% okay with being a clear backup, I'd totally be with you. I just know that the media (and Kaep's attitude) will be coming with Kaep. Add that in with the attention we already get/will get for Pacman, Burfict and now Mixon and I definitely have say no thanks. It'd be a circus on par with the Tebow/Sanchez/Rex Ryan Jets. Plus I don't know if he wants to go to a team with a firmly entrenched starter.