03-19-2018, 03:21 PM
(03-19-2018, 01:49 PM)fredtoast Wrote: After becoming a vegan he posted a 90.7 passer rating (with 16 tds and only 4 ints) on a team with one of the weakest receiving corps in the league. Blaine Gabbert posted only a 68 passer rating playing with the same team that year, yet he still has a job in the NFL.
I am trying very hard to keep away from the national anthem controversy. I am not taking a position on the issue. All I am doing is pointing out how it has effected the free agent market for Kaepernick. It is clear he is getting blackballed for political reasons.
Talking about him strictly as a player is fine. Anything about the anthem will eventually lead this thread to PnR.
As a player, I read that Kaep's 90.7 rating was a bit deceptive. His former QB coach (Steve Logan) said as much:
Quote:"His tape last year (2016) was not good in the pocket,” said Logan. "You’ve got to take in the score of the game in which the performance was taking place. This is Blake Bortles. Blake Bortles was putting up some good numbers a year and a half ago but when you peel the onion back and you find out they’re down three touchdowns. and he’s dealing the ball around and it looks great, it’s all against Cover 2, stone cold zone. This matters."
https://247sports.com/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/Bolt/Ex-49ers-Coach-Kaepernicks-unemployment-is-football-related-106773248
From the same interview:
Quote:"[Kaepernick's unemployment] has everything to do with his ability to play in the pocket," said Logan. "Wherever he goes there will have to be a massive re-design of the entire offense to suit his skill-set, which is unique. But I’m just telling you why he’s not on a roster. It has everything to do with his ability to play in the pocket. And be really good in the pocket. Because the game has taken away his calling card, which is the zone-read."
"Defensive coordinators in the NFL will not let you beat them with that football play. You can irritate them with that football play but you cannot beat them with that football play anymore.”
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
