(02-20-2019, 03:57 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(02-20-2019, 11:02 AM)B2hibry Wrote: What does any of this matter if HE turned down multiple offers in the NFL and the new AAF? He wasn't interested in playing again no matter what his agent was throwing out there. This was a target of opportunity and money grab.

Were he not interested in playing again, why would he not have filed retirement papers to the NFL?  Why would his lawyer now emphatically say Kaepernick is still interested in playing?

His refusal to play in the AAF is hardly persuasive here, since it is a brand new league on dubious financial footing.  The Orlando team is practicing in Georgia because of the Worker's Comp laws.

Furthermore, Why was there opportunity?  What distinguishes Kaepernick from a training camp cut if there were zero basis for his claim?

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(02-20-2019, 11:29 AM)JackCity Wrote: 1) He didn't turn down offers in the NFL after the protest 
2) The AAF asked if he was interested and declined , the reports of him being offered 20 million were false. All players are paid the same amount. Manziel was asked too and declined,  no big contract offer
3) His lawsuit vs the NFL was always specifically about the loss of earnings he suffered. Settlement was always the desired outcome as he was never going to win the case outright.

I don't mind not liking Kap as QB or even a person for that matter, but people aren't fond of using actual facts to critique him.

For the recrod, he wasn't offered $20 million to play in the AAF.  He asked for $20 million to play in the AAF, knowing they likely couldn't pay it.

He wants to play in the NFL because he is good enough and it is the most stable league around.

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(02-20-2019, 01:34 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: Do you give Bortles the same pass? We could say the same thing about him and our offense. 

I'm not ignoring it. I'm saying he isn't good enough to ignore the drama he's going to bring with him.

I gave Bortles and Leftwich the same pass.

QBs need surrounding talent to succeed.