Quote Originally Posted by TriggerWarning View Post
Repeat after me: STAR PLAYER.

Kareem Hunt, one of those domestic abusers, was one of the top RB's in the league. Being a star player gets you second chances. It may not be fair but its reality. Kaepernick hadn't been a star player for a couple of seasons and his glory days disappeared with Jim Harbaugh and the read option offense.

Yes they are watching Hill but he's still on the team because he's a superstar. If his name was Byron Pringle or Marcus Kemp (bubble WR's on the Chiefs this year) he'd be a free agent and no other team would touch him.

BTW you brought up how some teams still run it - they run it on some plays. In the glory Kaep years the 49ers ran it most plays and good for them. It was effective at the time just like the Wildcat was effective for about two seasons. Now you only see occasional read option plays just like you only now see occasional wildcat plays. When Kaep had to start running a conventional offense where he had to read the defense and move beyond his first read he struggled because he is an inaccurate QB who struggles to read defenses.
Notice a trend though , teams will sign abusive pricks who break the law at times and float excuses when it becomes a media distraction. Hell here people were angry Kansas City didn't cut Hill before this. But as brought up ; the Chiefs really couldn't cut Hill and not have him file a grievance with NFLPA and not have proof beyond a doubt he did this. But a team would suddenly sign him ala Cleveland or Washington and go "We will work with him and help him change his life around..."

Kaepernick himself isn't a terrible player no matter what anyone says. He's not Drew Brees level or anywhere close to that. But he's a B player in the league and hell , that 49ers team that went 1-11 in games he started. As pointed out the starting WR's are no longer in NFL. They both never averaged beyond 12 yards a catch and the other best player was Carlos Hyde and he missed 3 games. The guy who performed worse than Kaepernick was...Blaine Gabbert that season.

Here is Gabbert's numbers in 2016 with that same team....

91/160 925 yards 5 TD's 6 Ints 68.4 QB Rating.


Why is Blaine Gabbert a backup right now ? He had the same offense and players Kaepernick had. Why is Kaepernick's numbers better ?

Again , the whole , Colin Kaepernick can't possibly learn an offense is silly. He's already had 2-3 systems cycle through with 49ers and as a backup QB he could still do it. He's not just a Read option guy.