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Originally Posted by fungi2510
He may not be a great QB, but he is better than at least a 1/3 of the starting QBs this year. There is stuff that is going on. I know that this board is not the place to discuss what is truly going on here. We have been over it again and again. The kneeling for the anthem is just a convenient way to hate on the dude, because he does not fit your view of what a QB should be.
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It's just hard to believe that, in a league where Greg Hardy got signed, that Kaep isn't signed because he kneeled during the national anthem.
My opinion only--this is an ESPN-fueled narrative and it's completely (ok, 90% made up).
The Kaepernick situation has very little to do with kneeling and a lot of similarities to Tim Tebow not getting signed a few years ago. I understand Kaep is A LOT better QB than Tebow but they are both guys whose talent level just ended up not justifying the circus that surrounds them.
Is it racism to look at a player and think "he's not worth the headaches"? Absolutely not. It's not an NFL owner's or GM's fault that signing Kaepernick is going to bring a bunch of media attention. Once you sign him, how long until ESPN starts running with "is Kaepernick not starting because he's black? Because he kneeled?"
Bottom line--Colin was REALLY good when his HC was a QB-guru who hand-picked him as the starter. After Harbaugh left, he was pretty pedestrian. Why put up with the headaches that will surround him just to sign him as a back-up QB?