Gregg Jarrett: Colin Kaepernick's case against the NFL is as lame as his skills at quarterback

Last year, against a very WEAK NOLA defensive team, he was something like 1-9 in passing.

1 posted on 10/16/2017 6:35:32 PM PDT by topher

” both the law and the facts are against him.”

Doesn’t matter to the blackliesmatter people.

2 posted on 10/16/2017 6:40:01 PM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)

If I was CBS or FOX or an owner of a NFL team I would sue him for loss of profits.

3 posted on 10/16/2017 6:47:52 PM PDT by willk (everyone)

All the NFL needs to say in the courtroom is “two and fourteen”.Case closed!

4 posted on 10/16/2017 6:58:50 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)

To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Collusion is when a bunch of overpaid racist nitwits attack the country, the national anthem, and the US Flag, then when criticized about it, claim the critic is to blame for what they were already doing. Thanks topher.

5 posted on 10/16/2017 7:01:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)

Harvey Weinstein cites collusion by Hollywood studios for why he can't get a job.

-PJ

6 posted on 10/16/2017 7:02:18 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)

His Muzzie G/F has his mind all messed up.

7 posted on 10/16/2017 7:03:06 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)

To: Autonomous User

8 posted on 10/16/2017 7:03:39 PM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)

I still think he's a patsy. The Left saw an opportunity in him and exploited him in their decades-long crusade to destroy football. No way this clown gets up one morning and says America is racist and starts kneeling. When his skills started sucking, he was ripe for the picking for the Left or Islamists.

9 posted on 10/16/2017 7:09:05 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (We're right, you're wrong - that's the end of the argument.)

And once again Greg is correct

10 posted on 10/16/2017 7:10:41 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)

This nothing but a publicity stunt. People have been losing interest.

11 posted on 10/16/2017 7:25:13 PM PDT by rivercat

The other person in the news who is using the word “collusion” in Hildabeast.

12 posted on 10/16/2017 7:34:38 PM PDT by Slyfox (Are you tired of winning yet?)

Oh great, just watch, this tool is going to probably get a bad precedent handed down on employer collusion which will so well as harm countless tech workers.

13 posted on 10/16/2017 8:16:14 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (Pray for our brave men and women in law enforcement)

To: BlackAdderess

Oh great, just watch, this tool is going to probably get a bad precedent handed down on employer collusion which will do nothing so well as harm countless tech workers
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14 posted on 10/16/2017 8:17:58 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (Pray for our brave men and women in law enforcement)

I have posted this before, but will again for anyone who is interested...

WHY COLIN KAPERNICK MAY NEVER PLAY A DOWN OF USEFUL FOOTBALL AGAIN

I heard a great explanation from Scott Zolak (former Patriots quarterback, a bit of a goofball, but spot on in his analysis of Kapernick by others who commented on his analysis) on Boston radio on why Colin Kapernick is unemployed. I have to paraphrase a bit here, because I don't have the transcript.

When Kapernick came into the league, and started the last five games of the 2012 season, the San Francisco offense was built to exploit him using the read option. It hadn't been used in the pros as more than a novelty or gimmick, he was tearing up a league that wasn't ready for him. He was nearly unstoppable because defenses hadn't paid attention to the scheme.

But eventually teams figure you out. Zolak talked about how after other teams had enough film on Kapernick and the option, coaches would widen the tackles, putting them further off center, getting linebackers to fill the gaps, and taking a more patient approach, steering the quarterback into lanes where they would be able to tackle him. (Zolak says that defensive coordinators don't get enough credit for that aspect of the game. The negative performance is often heaped on the quarterback, when the truth is, defensive coordinators get paid to figure out ways to neutralize opponents strengths. And it is a copy cat league. One team does it...they all do it. It is a scheme adjustment, and once they figured it out (by the end of 2014/beginning of 2015 seasons) Kapernick's days were numbered. He just didn't (and doesn't) know it.

Once teams figured out how to defend that, Kapernick realized he wouldn't be able to run anymore, and his coaches knew it too, they knew he had to become more of a pocket quarterback.

But Kapernick lacks two major assets to make that work.

WHAT CRUCIAL SKILLS KAPERNICK LACKS TO BE AN NFL QUARTERBACK:

1.) He has no touch. He could throw long bombs, but anything else would get delivered, inaccurately, at high velocity. He had and has zero touch for a quarterback.

2) He can't read a defense. Zolak said the book on him was to simply watch him when he got the ball and dropped back. Watch the stripe on his helmet. When he gets the ball snapped to him, he looks to the right or the left. Good quarterbacks like Brady, Rodgers and Brees look straight up the field when they get the ball. Kapernick looks. He can't break the habit. And defensive backs got the book on him. The defensive coaches said: "Watch the helmet stripe."

In summary: Kapernick cuts the field in half for the defenders. And when he can't get the first read, he is lost. He can't progress through his reads and what makes it even worse for him, he has no touch, so dumping it off is a real challenge. He is hot and inaccurate on those kinds of passes. When he goes to his safety valve (usually a running back in the flat) after his initial reads fail, that back is dependent on getting the ball delivered in a way that allows him to catch it in the simplest possible way so he can begin running, usually because someone is on him immediately. Often there are defenders nearby, so the quarterback may have to loft the ball a little to clear outstretched arms. Kapernick can do neither of these, so the ball arrives at the safety valve running back too hot to catch, or the ball is batted down by a defensive player. That's Kapernick the quarterback in a nutshell.

And there are more impediments for him:

NON PERFORMANCE REASONS KAPERNICK IS NOT SUITED FOR AN NFL ROSTER SPOT, EVEN AS A BACKUP:

1.) He fits very few schemes. At the beginning of the year, Seattle might have been a backup spot, but he was apparently asking $9 million a year. This is the precise reason Miami didn't sign him. Cutler has his issues (as we now see) but he is at least somewhat of a plug-and-play guy for the Dolphins. They would have had to completely revamp their offense for Kapernick. Not enough time. Cutler, even with his issues is a better fit.

2.) His off field BS does have an effect. Backups should be invisible, create no waves. Kapernick will be pursued after any team activity, and it will be a circus. Not worth it.

Lastly, in my opinion, He is a douche. Wearing the Fidel shirt just confirmed for me what I already knew. I don't think he is a particularly bright guy, and to make it worse, he has a woman leading him willingly around to use him as a social justice tool. That is more important to him than football.

So, when the GM or Coach is told to evaluate Colin Kapernick for their team they watch the film on him, look at his toxic personality and issues:

Nope. Not worth it. I think he won't play again in this league, even if someone gets desperate. And it won't be because he is being blackballed.

It will be because, in today's NFL...he simply cannot play the game it is being played.

15 posted on 10/16/2017 8:23:18 PM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)

Colin Kaepernick can’t pass, he only knows how to run and kneel.

16 posted on 10/16/2017 9:36:55 PM PDT by Fedora

He imploded when he got a girlfriend who took over his mind

17 posted on 10/16/2017 9:52:09 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)

Fantastic analysis. Thanks!

18 posted on 10/16/2017 11:54:20 PM PDT by JennysCool

I'm sueing the NFL, since my rights as a QB is being violated, then I'll sue the NBA since they rights as a center is being violated, then MLB, the NHL, NASCAR, NLL (National Lacrosse League) and horse racing (even though I'm 6'5, so I'm oversized for being a jockey.)

My sueing makes as much sense as Colin's...

19 posted on 10/17/2017 3:12:48 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is :-))

I thought it was a good, brutally honest evaluation coming from someone who played quarterback at the pro level. As I said, Zolak is a bit of a frat-boy goofball and homer, but he gives insight that can only come from someone who knows the game and has frank discussions with people throughout the game at all levels.

20 posted on 10/17/2017 4:54:02 AM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)

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