NFL: Raiders working out Colin Kaepernick

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[John Price]

Good luck Colin

 

[John Price]

I have been following his comeback for some time; Schefter tweeted a few months ago that scouts were looking at him and impressed at his skills. Then Colin, by invitattion of Jim Harbaugh, worked out during the Michigan spring game. He was slightly impressive there but again he's throwing passes to receivers without any pressure or any D. So we'll see how this goes

Also keep in mind LV already has a set QB in Carr so Colin will not be under pressure to start. He can be 2nd string and sit on the bench and work on his game some more.

 

[GKJ]

He has said that he is willing to take a backup job, which was either not the case or not known to be the case before.

 

[StreetHawk]

He has said that he is willing to take a backup job, which was either not the case or not known to be the case before.

Reality of the nfl is that there are teams where the starter gets his job back coming off an injury regardless of how well a veteran does coming off the bench.
The only way Kap was ever going to go from backup to starter is with a team that was in a bridge situation.
He wouldn’t start over a Kyle Wilson, Fields, Mac Jones, etc if they struggled for 2 straight weeks. Those teams need to see what they have in their first round QB.

 

[GKJ]

Reality of the nfl is that there are teams where the starter gets his job back coming off an injury regardless of how well a veteran does coming off the bench.
The only way Kap was ever going to go from backup to starter is with a team that was in a bridge situation.
He wouldn’t start over a Kyle Wilson, Fields, Mac Jones, etc if they struggled for 2 straight weeks. Those teams need to see what they have in their first round QB.

That was always how it was gonna work out. He’d be out of football long enough that even if there were to be interest, it would be like this. It’s not that he was blackballed, it was that he didn’t play. Since he was blackballed.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Reality of the nfl is that there are teams where the starter gets his job back coming off an injury regardless of how well a veteran does coming off the bench.
The only way Kap was ever going to go from backup to starter is with a team that was in a bridge situation.
He wouldn’t start over a Kyle Wilson, Fields, Mac Jones, etc if they struggled for 2 straight weeks. Those teams need to see what they have in their first round QB.

Do you mean Zach Wilson?

 

[Voight]

I guess by now the circus around him has subsided and teams forgave & forgot the stunt he pulled with the NFL workout a couple years ago.

Has any post WWII player gone this long between jobs/roster spots?

(Not including guys like Flutie who played in the CFL in-between stints)

 

[StreetHawk]

I guess by now the circus around him has subsided and teams forgave & forgot the stunt he pulled with the NFL workout a couple years ago.

Has any post WWII player gone this long between jobs/roster spots?

(Not including guys like Flutie who played in the CFL in-between stints)

A couple of college QBs like Hutchinson, from Stanford and Henson from Michigan played baseball in the minors for a few years before joining Dallas Cowboys. Didn’t work out for them.

 

[Voight]

A couple of college QBs like Hutchinson, from Stanford and Henson from Michigan played baseball in the minors for a few years before joining Dallas Cowboys. Didn’t work out for them.

I meant guys who were in the league and then weren't for X amount of years and then made it back.

 

[Unholy Diver]

I meant guys who were in the league and then weren't for X amount of years and then made it back.

Deion Sanders came back after being retired for 3 years for two final seasons with the Ravens

 

[StreetHawk]

I meant guys who were in the league and then weren't for X amount of years and then made it back.

Aside from Vick? It’s too hard a game to miss more than a season either due to an injury or contract like Bell.

And to play at a high level vs being a backup level guy.

 

[Save By Thomas]

Eff that guy. I've been a Raider fan since 1981, if he signs there I'm finished.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Eff that guy. I've been a Raider fan since 1981, if he signs there I'm finished.

Nobody'll miss you. f*** outta here. Weren't your type supposed to stop watching football?

 

[Blitzkrug]

Eff that guy. I've been a Raider fan since 1981, if he signs there I'm finished.

See you on opening day!

 

[Blitzkrug]

It'll be interesting to see if the Raiders are serious about having him on the roster or if this is just a stunt to distract from the Gruden lawsuit going public.


Kaep's body was basically being held together by paper clips and glue before he was out of the league. People forget he suffered some pretty significant injuries which significantly hampered his best weapon in mobility.

6 years is a long time to be away from the game outright. It's not like he was playing in another league during it too. This is also kind of right out of the Davis family playbook in terms of pissing people off.

 

[Hasbro]

I guess by now the circus around him has subsided and teams forgave & forgot the stunt he pulled with the NFL workout a couple years ago.

Has any post WWII player gone this long between jobs/roster spots?

(Not including guys like Flutie who played in the CFL in-between stints)

Staubach did four years of naval service in between graduating and the Cowboys.

 

[Save By Thomas]

Nobody'll miss you. f*** outta here. Weren't your type supposed to stop watching football?

And what type is that? He sucked when he was in the NFL........that was years ago and now he's a huge divisive distraction to boot. He's a scumbag and so is anyone who roots for him.

 

[Save By Thomas]

See you on opening day!

My interest in the NFL has been slowly declining over the years anyway.........it's barely even football anymore, this would just be the final straw. So, no you won't be seeing me on opening day if that scumbag is wearing Silver & Black.

 

[Gecklund]

And what type is that? He sucked when he was in the NFL........that was years ago and now he's a huge divisive distraction to boot. He's a scumbag and so is anyone who roots for him.

In what way is a distraction? Because he’s protesting for equality. Why is he a scumbag? Because he’s not white?

 

[Save By Thomas]

In what way is a distraction? Because he’s protesting for equality. Why is he a scumbag? Because he’s not white?

You are absolutely clueless if you can't answer your first question yourself. BTW, he's not 'protesting for equality', he scammed Nike into laying out huge sums of money and sued the NFL based on a bullshit narrative. It has NOTHING to do with his race, there's plenty of scumbags in all colors of the rainbow. I'm done with this thread, I'm not changing your minds and you sure as hell aren't changing mine.

 

[GKJ]

Correll Buckhalter missed 3 out of 4 years with knee injuries.

 

[Terry Yake]

You are absolutely clueless if you can't answer your first question yourself. BTW, he's not 'protesting for equality', he scammed Nike into laying out huge sums of money and sued the NFL based on a bullshit narrative. It has NOTHING to do with his race, there's plenty of scumbags in all colors of the rainbow. I'm done with this thread, I'm not changing your minds and you sure as hell aren't changing mine.

he told you this personally?

 

[StreetHawk]

Eff that guy. I've been a Raider fan since 1981, if he signs there I'm finished.

If McDaniels employs the Patriot philosophy on Offence of attacking the D’s weakness then there are game where the QB has to systematically pick apart the defence. That’s not Kap’s game. Patriots valued guys who could do multiple things. For QB it can be manage the game or put the game on their shoulders and have him dissect the Defence with precision passing.
We saw a bit of what a Kap style offence would be with Newton but Cam was too beat up by then to fully execute it.

In the end I don’t see McDaniels going with Kap in the roster. Raiders team overall has good starters but their depth will be tested. So I don’t expect them to keep 3 QBs on the 53 man roster.

 

[DaaaaB's]

Eff that guy. I've been a Raider fan since 1981, if he signs there I'm finished.

You clearly don't belong in Raider Nation anyhow and we don't want you in it.