I thought the whole Kaepernick thing was pretty abundantly obvious by now, but I guess not.

Kaep is a distraction. Whether you like it or not, whether its his fault or not, whether its fair or not, it is fact. In the NFL, once you become a media distraction, your career is over. Being an average, above average, or even good quarterback doesn't matter. You better be a top 10 quarterback that can put a team on your back and carry a bad team through the playoffs to outweigh the distractions and get a contract. Tim Tebow, wherever he falls on the spectrum, was not an elite quarterback; hence why his last games were playoff starts as a second year player only to see leaguewide banishment shortly thereafter. Kaepernick is not an elite quarterback. His career is likely over.

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