Quote:Yes, what about what I said makes you think I don't understand how the franchise tag works?


If they thought he was an actual franchise level passer they'd have made a way to pay him, or just signed him to a long term deal. Teams don't let actual franchise level passers just walk. Plus he was almost as bad throwing down the field as Mariota was, and he didn't even have the excuse of having a crappy team around him.

I haven't bought into Brock Osweiler myself. I have no idea if he's going to be any better than any of the guys we've had playing for us the last couple of years.


But when the Broncos are asking the 49ers to pay $5M of Kaepernick's 2016 money & asking Kaepernick to take $14M less over the next two years, I'm more inclined to think they have money issues & didn't plan on getting into a bidding war over Brock.


Still, knowing that we have one guy who is going to be the guy is going to help us in & of itself. Instead of jerking the offense around every time we start a new QB, we can actually work to getting better week after week.

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