08-19-2015, 10:16 AM
(08-19-2015, 10:09 AM)Brownshoe Wrote: I know what the article is saying. If he wasn't underrated then he would be getting paid more than Kaepernick, or maybe the 49ers are just overrating Kaepernick?
I believe it's much more that than anything. They gave him a high price tag and have stuck with him, and it's been mostly because of one solid year and one great postseason.
Now, he isn't an awful quarterback, but almost $20 million per year average? Yikes. Not to mention they seem to be happy with him at the helm. I don't know, he's a playmaker and all of that good stuff, but he's not worth the money the other young guys are getting. I guess at the time it made sense though. That's the money that it takes to keep a franchise QB nowadays, and I'm sure now the 49ers have a lot more problems to solve than Kaep not being an amazing pocket passer.
Andy is getting paid about exactly what he's worth right now, the team has stuck with him through the outside criticism and haven't thought twice about it, and they always stick up for him and say great things about him. There's no real way to say that he's underrated by the team as of this very moment. Now, if he has a career year, dominates through the playoffs, and wins the Super Bowl and none of the current perception changes (though we both know it would), then we can call him underrated all you'd like.
