Jets sign Kaepernick
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Some peoples' heads are gonna explode, I predict. Due to an overabundance of Patriotism, of course.
You’ll figure it out. I heard Cam Newton signed with the Pats too. I think that happened yesterday.
Oh the kneeling nonsense that hurt you.
maybe because he sucks
but keep on SJW
I might have just jizzed in my pants over this!
Good. I hope the starter has the shitz for three weeks and he plays. The idiots will find out he sucks.
$9M for Kap, but only $5M for Cam? Jets are going to Jets I guess. Hopefully they both are starters when the 2 teams face off and the Pats kick their butts.
maybe because he sucks
but keep on SJW
He led the 49ers to a Super Bowl.
Not bad for a guy who sucks.
Sounds like SportsTalkBarry got a new account.
Kaepernick was replaced by Gabbert last year for a reason — he turned in one of the worst quarterbacking seasons in recent NFL history. The Browns wouldn’t have started him.
Let’s refresh the memory:
Last season, Kaepernick had a defense-adjusted yards above replacement — Football Outsiders’ ultimate value quotient — of minus-182, 35th in the NFL. By all metrics, he was one of the worst quarterbacks in the league.
These numbers look even worse when you consider that the 49ers went to a single-read offense for Kaepernick after his terrible four-interception performance against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 3.
Each progressive interception in that game was worse — it was a total unraveling.
It only devolved further from there.
Kaepernick lost the 49ers locker room after a home loss to the Packers in Week 4 — Torrey Smith and Anquan Boldin both vented their frustrations with the [insert any and all expletives here] play of their quarterback during and after the game (the latter being more of the passive-aggressive variety, as two of the most loquacious and intelligent players on the team refused to talk to the media).
Kaepernick was air-mailing throws all over the field, and when he wasn’t doing that, he was skipping easy ones like this.
The 49ers went to a read-option offense for the next two games, and Kaepernick and the Niners didn’t look half bad. They weren’t a good team, but they weren’t being embarrassed.
But then defenses figured it out. The unraveling became a meltdown.
Kaepernick’s performance in the 49ers’ Week 7 Thursday Night Football game last year was among the worst quarterback performances in recent NFL history. As I wrote at the time "his mechanics had become so disorganized that even the easiest toss became an adventure in forward passing."
We’re talking about 10-yard outs being thrown 15 feet over receivers’ heads. Eventually, the 49ers stopped throwing the ball on third-and-long, such was the struggle.
It kept getting worse and worse. You honestly couldn’t tell if Kaepernick was throwing the ball away or aiming for intended receivers by the end of the contest.
There were basic mental lapses, too — on a third down in the second quarter, he broke the huddle with 17 seconds remaining on the play clock, only to try to change the play with three seconds remaining. The Niners were hit with a delay-of-game flag.
Week 8 was the official end. Any competent coach would have benched Kaepernick long before that game in St. Louis, but it was Tomsula in charge …
Kaepernick simply wasn’t allowed to throw beyond the first-down sticks in that game. The 49ers had a one-read system in place, and that read never went past the first-down marker, regardless of scenario.
Kaepernick’s lack of awareness finally forced the 49ers’ hand — they had to go to Gabbert after the Rams decided to stop covering wide receivers at the line of scrimmage and Kaepernick didn’t recognize it.
Kaepernick was, hands down, the worst quarterback in the NFL last season. He played so poorly that he made Gabbert look competent by comparison. He made mistakes that would get a high-school quarterback benched.
Perhaps that poor form will change under Kelly — the 49ers have run three times more zone-read plays than any other team in the NFL this season, despite having Gabbert at quarterback, and theoretically Kaepernick should thrive in those situations.
Then again, defenses will be able to stack the box with nine or 10 players, daring Kaepernick to make the throws he showed last year he couldn’t make. That’s what happened last year, and after that point bad become worse.
Perhaps the injuries were a factor in the poor play last year, but that doesn’t explain the complete lack of awareness and football smarts Kaepernick displayed. Maybe Kelly can tap into the same magic Jim Harbaugh found in No. 7, but until that’s shown, one has to presume we’re going to get a repeat of 2015.
As for the contract — the one that could well guarantee Kaepernick $14 million for next season should he get injured this year — Kelly pleaded ignorance and said Tuesday that it had nothing to do with his decision to start Kaepernick. Despite the fact that the 49ers front office leaked to NFL Network that the team and Kaepernick were working on a new deal that would alleviate the team’s concerns over injury guarantees, Kelly’s statement is somewhat believable — while it would be ridiculous to play Kaepernick given his contract and the risk of injury behind that offensive line, something the front office is clearly aware of, it’s far more likely that the 49ers have a completely dysfunctional organization where the head coach and general manager have no communication and cannot run a team in unison.
No matter what Kaepernick’s contract is for Sunday’s game against Buffalo, he’ll enter the contest with plenty to prove. Even borderline mediocrity would be a massive upgrade for No. 7.
lol at everyone who thinks this is real
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Damn it, kinda was hoping this was real.
Dude sucks, but seeing all the losers get butthurt over him expressing his first amendment right would be enough to make it worthwhile. Shit.
Dude sucks, but seeing all the losers get butthurt over him expressing his first amendment right would be enough to make it worthwhile. Shit.
Rex Grossman started a Super Bowl too.
$5 says Trump talks about it during his presser today, and nobody says boo to him.
That would be an all time great tweet for an internet troll if this happened.
Exactly. Like Stan Humpheries who led the Chargers to a SB and Rex Grossman who led the Bears to one, Kaepernick is on their level of greatness!
I just want to note, there is zero chance there are 60 other QBs better than him. I honestly don't think there are 30 better than him. The Jets just picked up a starting level QB as a backup. This means the Jets are spending something around $19 mil on the QB spot this year, including Fales. That let's them do some other things that are needed.
This thread is a prime example of how easily fake news spreads.
@supertoughscene is the twitter handle which, in this case, is more than appropriate.
I had about 20 people text me this today. Every one of them got a LOL back. Bunch of idiots.
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