Kaepernick's frat (Kappa Alpha Psi) and players protest on 1st NFL Sunday

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by JonInKC

There are teams that wanted to sign him, but not for the money he expected. He feels entitled to a certain amount of money. 32 NFL teams disagree.

How much money is he expecting?

[Tom Earp]

Kapercrap beat out Alex Smith who is now Q B for The Chiefs who stomped all over The Patriots. Time will tell of course, but smith has been good things for K C!
While it is his right to protest, to me, he is spitting on the bodies of our military who fought and died for that right.

Just my thoughts and I stand by them!

[JonInKC]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

How much money is he expecting?

If you had a team, how much would you spend to sign a quarterback with the stats above?

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by JonInKC

If you had a team, how much would you spend to sign a quarterback with the stats above?

Don't move the goal post. You stated that "There are teams that wanted to sign him, but not for the money he expected. He feels entitled to a certain amount of money. 32 NFL teams disagree." This implies that you know how much money he is asking for his services. So, how much is he asking?

[JonInKC]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

Don't move the goal post. You stated that "There are teams that wanted to sign him, but not for the money he expected. He feels entitled to a certain amount of money. 32 NFL teams disagree." This implies that you know how much money he is asking for his services. So, how much is he asking?

Ok, I won't move the goal post. Kaepernick obviously can't reach it where it is anyway. Winners in the NFL, just like winners in other aspects in life, don't need narratives.

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by JonInKC

Ok, I won't move the goal post. Kaepernick obviously can't reach it where it is anyway. Winners in the NFL, just like winners in other aspects in life, don't need narratives.

So you have no real knowledge to back up your comments about Kaepernick wanting more money than the owners were willing to pay?

By the way, to your little snarky comment about Kaepernick not being able to reach the goal post; I decided to look at Kaepernick's stats versus the stats of Troy Aikman (who is considered very successful in the NFL). I used ESPN as my source.

Aikman played 165 games over 12 seasons (13.75 average). Kaepernick played 69 over 6 seasons (11.5 average).

Completions: Aikman average 17.5; Kaepernick average 14.6

Attempts: Aikman ave. 28.6; Kaepernick ave. 24.5

Completions: Aikman 61.5%; Kaepernick 59.8%

Yards: Aikman ave. 199.6; Kaepernick 177.8

Touchdowns: Aikman ave. 1 per game; Kaepernick 1.04 per game

Passing Touchdowns: Aikman- 1 per game; Kaepernick 1.04 per game

Rushing TDs: Aikman- 9 in 12 seasons; Kaepernick- 13 in 6 seasons

Rushing Stats?

Aikman- 165 games, 327 attempts with 1016 total yards.

Kaepernick - 69 games, 375 attempts with 2300 total yards.

In any way shape and form, except for his first year when he only played 3 games and admittedly sucked, Colin Kaepernick held his own as a QB with one of the best. Are there some QBs who were/are better than Kaepernick? Yes. Are there some who are worse? Yes.

So, please don't be like other people who all of a sudden want to pretend that Colin Kaepernick was some kind of bad QB. Like all QBs, he had good games and bad games. Not getting hired by an NFL team, in my opinion, has nothing to do with his supposed lack of skill.

[Tom Earp]

Quite a canundram isn't it? Sorry for spelling, LOL!

Athletes have been protesting for years as some know anything of history.

But once Kaperneck did it on the Foot Ball field, all bets seem to come off. Once POTUS started Twittering all gloves came off! He has now polarized all of the NFL Teams and Owners. They are now protesting him and not anything else. He has solidified the NFL has he not?

I get sick and tired of Black lives matter as whites and all races are getting killed. COP's are being killed so do not Their lives matter? Do not white lives matter when they are killed by Blacks?

What bothers me most is not the color of ones skin or ones religion but the persons actions is up most!

[AnotherKD]

He was already due somewhere around $14m per year. Word is that he was asking for at least 10. For that, you need to be a starter and a starter for awhile in the future. He was better than he is now, making some teams think he's going downhill. Speaking as a Browns fan (I know, have a drink for me), we wouldn't entertain him because he's older, we have been desperately searching for a career QB for so many years it's not funny (see here, and it's not even updated yet: http://dailysnark.com/infamous-brown...s-gets-update/ ), and it's just too much money that it would hurt the rest of the team, as we need all the help we can get on other parts of the field. Just my $.02.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by JonInKC

If you had a team, how much would you spend to sign a quarterback with the stats above?

I'm not sure stats tell you everything you need to know about any given QB. His stats are only reflective of the talent around him. Take Sam Bradford for example. If you looked at his stats in St. Louis, you'd probably conclude he was not a good QB. Of course, he had very few weapons and a terrible OL. Look at him now lighting things up for the Vikings.