RiverDog wrote:
Hey, Primate! Great to see you again.
I agree with most of what you said, and playing off on your "divisive and you suck" statement, I prefer to think of it as risk-reward. By his choosing to become a social warrior in addition to his football duties, Kaepernick increased the risk side of his employment equation to the point where it out weighed the reward side, which had already been in steep decline. Teams aren't black balling him so much as they are expressing an unwillingness to assume the risk of his being an off field problem/locker room/PR issue for what has been for the past two years a diminishing reward.
risk / reward is a great way of looking at the whole thing. If this team weren't already dealing with all the rumors of division in the locker, and if his salary wouldn't be much higher than virtually all other backup QB's would be, and if there weren't other backups available, such as RG3, at a similar salary, and similar ability, with far less baggage, then maybe it would be worth the risk.
But RG3 is available, at roughly the same cost, with less baggage, and other players with less ability but who would cost far less against the cap, and with far less baggage are also available.
Too much risk for so little reward. The reward would be, if Wilson got hurt, Kaepernick could potentially fill in.
Of course there are several players available who could also fill in at least close to as well as Colin could with less baggage and or less financial risk.
Either way, if Wilson goes down, the Seahawks won't be winning any Superbowls. Not with Kaepernik or any other QB available.
So it's pretty though to see how his risk, which is literally the highest of any available potential backup QB, is worth the reward.
If you want a guy who can start, and who we'd have to pay a big check to, just go get RG3 and call it good.
At least he doesn't actively support Miami gangs, and hate this country.