His best days as a would be pro quarterback are over. He once had some basic skills but even those skills are now eroded, lost with the sands of time.
Posted on 11/17/2019 9:52:24 AM PST by Rummyfan
During a recess late in a trial where the plaintiff alleged he had been fired due to his race and/or his age, a federal district court judge said to his law clerk:
Sure, this guy was discriminated against. But he wasn’t discriminated against because he’s black and he wasn’t discriminated against because he’s over 40. He was discriminated because he’s an ass***e.
It might well be the case that, a few years ago, Colin Kaepernick was discriminated because he led a mini-movement that resulted in some NFL players taking a knee during the National Anthem. I never managed to feel sorry for Kaepernick, but do believe it’s wrong to deny employment to an athlete because of his political views and the way he lawfully expresses them.
The furor over Kaepernick’s views and antics has long since died down, and the NFL seems to have regained the viewers it lost during the knee-taking controversy. There may have been hard feelings against Kaepernick over the legal action he brought against the League. However, by offering Kaepernick a special workout session that all 32 teams could attend, the NFL showed it will let bygones be bygones, if for no other reason than to avoid future litigation.
As Steve noted here, Kaepernick responded by balking at the terms and conditions of the workout and demanding all manner of special treatment. The NFL agreed to most of his demands.
But this was not enough for Kaepernick. Having failed to get 100 percent of what he wanted, Kaepernick rescheduled the session and moved it from the Atlanta Falcons’ facility to a school an hour away.
Representatives from 25 teams were prepared to attend the session scheduled for the Falcons’ facility. Representatives from eight attended the session Kaepernick threw together at the last minute.
After watching a video of the last portion of the workout, Daniel Jeremiah, a respected talent evaluator, said of Kaepernick:
He looked similar to what he has been. Plenty of velocity, inconst[ent] touch/feel. Looked a little gassed.
What Kaepernick “has been” is probably good enough to win a job as a second string quarterback in the NFL. If Kaepernick doesn’t get that opportunity, it won’t be because he knelt during the National Anthem and it won’t be because he litigated against the NFL.
It will be because he’s an ass***e.
Reading Mirrengoff is like reading a run on sentence— when you reach the end, you have no idea what he is saying. His legalize and verbosity is frustrating. Powerline is a great site, but his writing is futile and exacerbating.
Umm because he was an avaerage quarterback that thought what he wanted was more important than his employer.
He’s a prick. The cost of him on your team, hell the cost of him just being in the NFL is way more than any benefit he can provide.
The league is only just now starting to recover from the damage this jagoff created. They are beyond stupid to let him back in
At the time of his benching in 2015 he was dead last in the NFL in QB ratings, and he was clearly not helping his team. Even Niners legend Jerry Rice said that Kap needed to ride the pine. Kaepernick’s defenders fail to do their research to see how badly he was playing when he got benched. He decided to become an activist rather than improve himself as a QB. That’s why he is where he is today, and that’s not in the NFL!
It is 100% appropriate to fire someone if his conduct on the job harms business profits. It's not that Colin Cancer was leading political activities on his own time; he was showing a shocking level of disrespect for our flag, our anthem, our country, out military, and our ancestors - while in uniform to do his job. I will never again watch NFL, and their tolerance for Colin K's conduct is the reason. They're treasonous but not stupid; they won't volunteer for another round of offending their remaining viewers.
So he’s at best, a journeyman quarterback. Those are a dime a dozen. With all the distractions he would bring to a team, I can’t believe any team would want to sign him.
He wants a media job not an NFL job.
Generally, if you blow off the interview, you won’t be called back.
I couldn’t agree with you more.....all of it.
What’s the point, politicall-correct NFL?
Finally, I find out what happened with this grandstander of all grandstanders yesterday. Thanks for posting this!
Once other players learn it is easier to make money using attorneys, then the floodgates of grievances will kill player salaries overall. Kapernick is just showing others how to play the game. I bet he passes out attorney business cards in the locker room. The young players stuck in the projects are the victims of Kapernick.
That and he has to know that if he gets on the field, there are probably a lot of players who are going to be trying to hurt him.
What is the fascination with this cop hater for the NFL owners?
Do they really make helmets big enough for his head? He needs a bushel basket just to cover that mess he calls hair. He’s a freak!
Because he’s a pissy little douchebag
Because he’s a low-talent HACK taking his instructions from his muslim girlfriend?
Just a guess. ;)
His best days as a would be pro quarterback are over. He once had some basic skills but even those skills are now eroded, lost with the sands of time.
Oh, I don't know...I think they came out of this looking pretty good.
2 wins and 14 losses in his last season?
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