Grangemouth Bairn Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 11 minutes ago, Jute said: https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjd_8fT-b_gAhWa8uAKHSrTDfoQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Famerican-football%2F47261004&psig=AOvVaw053Fk4rgKLUS7Xa1J1LJ4R&ust=1550396091368465 Wonder if Kaep will now get a gig elsewhere. Be nice to see him miss wide open receivers for someone else. He’s got his money so I think he’ll be happy now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 He’s got his money so I think he’ll be happy now. Yes, because that’s what the whole of the last year was about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjd_8fT-b_gAhWa8uAKHSrTDfoQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Famerican-football%2F47261004&psig=AOvVaw053Fk4rgKLUS7Xa1J1LJ4R&ust=1550396091368465 Wonder if Kaep will now get a gig elsewhere. Be nice to see him miss wide open receivers for someone else. Kaep is a far better quarterback than several of the starters in the league, and virtually all of the back ups. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 4 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Yes, because that’s what the whole of the last year was about. It’s been over 2 years. It’s well documented that he was looking for a huge payout. Are you saying he won’t be happy with it ?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Kaep is a far better quarterback than several of the starters in the league, and virtually all of the back ups. Difficult to gauge tbh. He’s 31 and hasn’t played for over 2 years. Looks like he could end up one of those sports people who, in people’s minds, could become a far better player by their absence. Edited February 16, 2019 by Grangemouth Bairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jute Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 26 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Kaep is a far better quarterback than several of the starters in the league, and virtually all of the back ups. Don’t disagree however he was still shite for a large chunk of time with 9ers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Either way if he does get picked up the US version of yer da types are going to be utterly seething which is nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Grangemouth Bairn said: It’s been over 2 years. It’s well documented that he was looking for a huge payout. Are you saying he won’t be happy with it ?? It's not well documented at all, although he's surely entitled to one. The principle at hand here is far deeper than finance. But it's not really for me to assume how he should react to whatever payout he received. 1 hour ago, Grangemouth Bairn said: Difficult to gauge tbh. He’s 31 and hasn’t played for over 2 years. Looks like he could end up one of those sports people who, in people’s minds, could become a far better player by their absence. That's not the point. There are some shocking quarterbacks. Look at the utter garbage playing for the Niners in Garopolopopodruffalo's absence. There's no question Kaep's career has been mixed - he was initially absolutely light years above Alex Smith, for example. His last season was not good, but he was playing in a dreadful, dreadful team. Even if he was only given a back up job, there's no question he'd have been an improvement on some of the dross. Which is the point. He didn't sit out last season because he wasn't good enough to be a back up quarterback. He sat it out because he was frozen out because of his activism. And it reflects terribly on NFL ownership. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Kaep is a far better quarterback than several of the starters in the league, and virtually all of the back ups. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_starting_quarterbacks_in_the_National_Football_LeagueThat list misses some out due to injury, resting etc - Cam Newton for the Panthers, Andy Dalton from the Bengals, Marriota in Tennessee and Brees in NO. There’s also the Redskins who lost Alex Smith, maybe permanently. I don’t think Kaepernick is clearly better than any of the starting QBs. You could maybe argue that he’s better than the current Manning or Blake Bortles but even then it’s a stretch. Manning had a passer rating of 92.4 last season better than five of Kaepernicks six seasons in the league and it’s a consensus that Eli is finished. Kaepernick is ahead of Bortles but even then it’s relatively close. Of course, each team has three QBs and Kaepernick is clearly worth a spot on a great many rosters. My prediction is he signs for Carolina to back up Cam Newton. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 1 minute ago, ICTChris said: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_starting_quarterbacks_in_the_National_Football_League That list misses some out due to injury, resting etc - Cam Newton for the Panthers, Andy Dalton from the Bengals, Marriota in Tennessee and Brees in NO. There’s also the Redskins who lost Alex Smith, maybe permanently. I don’t think Kaepernick is clearly better than any of the starting QBs. You could maybe argue that he’s better than the current Manning or Blake Bortles but even then it’s a stretch. Manning had a passer rating of 92.4 last season better than five of Kaepernicks six seasons in the league and it’s a consensus that Eli is finished. Kaepernick is ahead of Bortles but even then it’s relatively close. Of course, each team has three QBs and Kaepernick is clearly worth a spot on a great many rosters. My prediction is he signs for Carolina to back up Cam Newton. Yup, I have no issue with any of that. I do have an issue with putting this all down to money. Does this mean that somebody is duty bound to sign him? I don't know how that works. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 So basically the end result of this is that Kaepernick has a Nike contract and his signed an NDA with the NFL in return for a payout? Inspiring. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 36 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: It's not well documented at all, although he's surely entitled to one. The principle at hand here is far deeper than finance. But it's not really for me to assume how he should react to whatever payout he received. That's not the point. There are some shocking quarterbacks. Look at the utter garbage playing for the Niners in Garopolopopodruffalo's absence. There's no question Kaep's career has been mixed - he was initially absolutely light years above Alex Smith, for example. His last season was not good, but he was playing in a dreadful, dreadful team. Even if he was only given a back up job, there's no question he'd have been an improvement on some of the dross. Which is the point. He didn't sit out last season because he wasn't good enough to be a back up quarterback. He sat it out because he was frozen out because of his activism. And it reflects terribly on NFL ownership. Sadly this has became about money. Every single headline is talking about the size of the payout or speculation about the size of the payout. Also, do you think he was the face of Nike for free ?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
same_ol_g35 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Patrick Bateman said: Sundays are horrendous without football. Well there is still football. The AAF is on tonight. I watched it last night, not the best but fills the football fix. Trent Richardson won the game for his team! That about shows you the standard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fife Saint Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 I'm struggling already lads. It's not even March and I've watched all the Mayfield, Chubb and Ward highlights to the point where I'm now scouring YouTube for O Line clips of Joel Bitonio in college and how he might shift to LT. Is it September yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Fife Saint said: I'm struggling already lads. It's not even March and I've watched all the Mayfield, Chubb and Ward highlights to the point where I'm now scouring YouTube for O Line clips of Joel Bitonio in college and how he might shift to LT. Is it September yet? I've got to come up with 8 months worth of filler for the podcast now! Need football back nooowwwww. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fife Saint Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Spare a thought for all the guys who do daily pods. They've burnt all their mock draft material already [emoji23] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, Fife Saint said: Spare a thought for all the guys who do daily pods. They've burnt all their mock draft material already Tough gig for them. We've gone back to fortnightly during the off season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Tough gig for them. We've gone back to fortnightly during the off season. Iv a few ideas for you mate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 CFL isnt back until June so I'll prolly take a peek at the AAF for my fix 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 2 hours ago, GNU_Linux said: CFL isnt back until June so I'll prolly take a peek at the AAF for my fix Can anyone tell me if this is on UK telly? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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