Bob Costas' Halfway House/Kaepernick interview

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(07-25-2017, 04:16 PM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: Kaepernick has won 4 post season games, made it to the Super Bowl, and was literally one play away from winning one.

4 of Kaepernicks 5 years as a starter, he's had a QB rating of 86 or higher. 3 of those seasons he had a QB rating of 90 or higher.

In all 4 years as a starter in New York, Mark Sanchez never had a QB rating above 78.2. And he had below 70 QB ratings two times.

Ummm, what? Sanchez never won them any games lol.
Kaepernick has actually taken over games. Like he did in his first ever playoff game.
His 2nd playoff game, they were down 14-24 by half-time. Led them to a 4th quarter comeback.
He's had two 4th quarter comebacks/game winning drives in the playoffs.



The reason why Kaepernick isn't getting a shot is because of his stances. That's all there is to it.

Based on play alone, Kaepernick would have been given another shot in the NFL.

Kaepernick Postseason Career:
4-2 Record
7 TD/5 INT
87.3 QB Rating

Sanchez Postseason Career:
4-2 Record
9 TD/3 INT
94.3 QB Rating

Both of them had great defenses behind them, both had good running games behind them. The difference is the players around them on offense...

Kapernick 2012:
Frank Gore
Randy Moss
Vernon Davis
Michael Crabtree
Delanie Walker

Sanchez 2009:
Shonn Greene
Braylon Edwards
Jerricho Crotchery
Dustin Keller
Brad Smith

...and the fact that Kaepernick was a running threat.

Remember that the 49ers team that Kaepernick "took" to the SB went 13-3 the year before with Alex Smith, and made it to the NFC Championship game. Then it went 6-2-1 with Alex Smith in 2012 before Kaepernick took over and went 5-2 for the rest of the season. That was simply just a really good team.
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Saying "that's all there is to it" doesn't make it more true.

Based on play alone, agree he would have been given another shot, likely as a backup. That said, I don't see why you think it HAS to be one or the other, as if both couldn't be a factor.