New York Jets went to see Colin Kaepernick

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  1. Jonathan_Vilma

    Jonathan_Vilma Well-Known Member

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    He is. And magnify the media coverage by 10 for Kap vs. Tebow as well.

    How is the Ray Rice vs. Kareem Hunt comparison a bad one? They both essentially did the same thing on videotape. Hunt was scooped up within months. Rice never had a chance because of his age and production and upside vs. Hunt's.
     
  2. BrowningNagle

    BrowningNagle Well-Known Member

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    HA they didn't almost crash and burn at all.

    even at the height of the Kaepernick "controversy" the NFL signed with Fox Network (a favorite for the type of people that supposedly were turning off their association with the NFL) to broadcast just Thursday night games alone for over $3 BBBBBillion dollars. they are, and always were totally fine. raking in record profits
     
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    BrowningNagle Well-Known Member

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    your comparison with Rice and Hunt is not a bad one. Using their example as if if somehow pertains to Colin Kaepernick is where it goes off the rails
     
  4. Jonathan_Vilma

    Jonathan_Vilma Well-Known Member

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    Ok so compare the Rice and Hunt situation to Kaepernick vs. Jeff Driskel. The argument is that Kaepernick's talent does not trump the off the field attention to justify having him vs. Driskel. It's the same thing you're just getting caught up because Rice and Hunt both committed battery.
     
  5. BrowningNagle

    BrowningNagle Well-Known Member

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    but off the field attention is not something that shows up on the scoreboard on Sundays. So IF Kaepernick is better than Jeff Driskel at things that do show up on the scoreboard, touchdowns, 1st downs, etc. then it seems to me like the Lions should be interested in signing him. should be anyway.
     
  6. Jonathan_Vilma

    Jonathan_Vilma Well-Known Member

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    But you're assuming that teams do not care about anything that happens off the field? If they're going to be losing games and non-playoff competitive with either player, why wouldn't they do it with the player that brings less attention to their team? Positive or negative that is. As he'd likely bring both.

    That's the basis of my argument. By the way. Poor Jeff Driskel had 260 yards of total offense and three touchdowns to no turnovers Sunday. Kap had zero three TD/no turnover games in his final season. ;)
     
  7. BrowningNagle

    BrowningNagle Well-Known Member

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    oh teams definitely care about petty off the field shit that doesn't matter. that's why were having the conversation
     
  8. HomeoftheJets

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    This is what is boils down to, and Kap is far from blameless. But what I don't like to see is people underrating Kap as a football player to justify that they don't want him. He isn't a great QB, but he was (no idea if he still is given all the rust) a capable starter who could have saved multiple teams' seasons in the past three years.
     
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  9. Biggs

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    It's a bad comparison because Ray Rice beat the NFL like a drum legally which is why they didn't collude to keep Hunt out. Rice won both an arbitration against his indefinite suspension and a salary arbitration case against the NFL. The Rice situation had a direct impact on how Hunt was handled.
     
  10. Acad23

    Acad23 Well-Known Member

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    Colin Kapernick has morphed from being an advocate of social injustice to claiming that he's a victim of it.

    He's ill-equipped for either role.

    The NFL should pay this clown to just go away... :confused:
     
  11. MJK

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    I disagree about Kap on the field...his last 10 games as a starter he was the worst starter in the league...he's RG3 imo a running QB who got figured out...if he was interested which he's not he could be a decent backup for a team who runs that sorta system....and btw pretty sure Baltimore was about to sign him till his gf posted a meme calling the owner a slave master.
     
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    Very astute observation. I wonder whether she, not he, is the one the owners are leery of. Neither the player contract nor the CBA governs a player's wife or girlfriend, and they might see her as a live hand grenade.
     
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    The way I read things is every time he's close to getting signed he blows things up..which makes you think he really just wants to stay in the public eye and keep his victim brand alive not play football.
     
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  14. Biggs

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    LOL. He had a QB rating over 90 and replaced Gabbert who had a QB rating of 68.4. He had 16 TD's and 4 INT's and ran for 468 yards on 68 carries.

    He had a higher QB rating than Rivers, Manning, Flacco, Wentz, Newton, Bortles, Taylor, Winston, Keenum and Fitzpatrick. He was arguably in the top 17 of NFL starters in his last year. 13th in TD percentage. 6th in INT percentage, 26th in completion percentage,16th in adjusted yards per pass attempts. They had the worst rushing attack in the league and his best WR was Jeremy Kerley, yes that Jeremy Kerley who had his best season in the NFL with Kap as his QB. It was Robbie Anderson great.
     
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    https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story...uffalo-stats-career-highlights-fantasy-101116
     
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    Bridge water was on a one year deal. It’s doubtful he would have signed back with us. Bemoaning not having bridgewater here this year is ignoring a lot of facts and making some big assumptions.
     
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  18. BrowningNagle

    BrowningNagle Well-Known Member

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    We will never know cause they tossed him aside to a team that values backup QBs but I am not convinced that he wouldn’t have resigned
     
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  19. LongIslandBlitz

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    Just shows you what a joke the Jets are from top to bottom...If i was Darnold i would demand the Jets trade me or threaten to retire if not traded by week 1 of 2020.
     
  20. Dierking

    Dierking Well-Known Member

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    thats a little dramatic
     
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