He was a stud in the run option for the 49ers. But as the league caught on to the scheme he lost his edge. Star players can get away with a lot. He was no longer a star player. He was a back up and not worth the headache it seems.
Collusion Case Reveals NFL Teams Do View Kaepernick as a Starter
3 months ago
The ongoing collusion case against the NFL which was brought by Colin Kaepernick has revealed multiple NFL teams believed the quarterback was good enough to start in the league in 2017.
Citing a source with knowledge of the situation, ProFootballTalk reports that some teams continue to believe Kaepernick can be an NFL starter.
That finding came to light during the case thanks to free-agency evaluation documents that were used as evidence and testimony from witnesses during the litigation process.
Despite that information, it remains uncertain if Kaepernick can prove teams and the league office have been coordinating their efforts to keep him off the field thanks to his ties to the national anthem protests.
“Whether coordination can or can’t be proven, the collusion case will conclusively prove one thing, regardless of whether anyone wants to believe it: Multiple teams believed that Colin Kaepernick was still good enough to play after becoming a free agent more than a year ago,” according to ProFootballTalk. “Which means that, at least as to Kaepernick, the notion that teams make decisions based only on trying to win football games doesn’t hold water.”
http://www.realclearlife.com/sports...ling-nfl-teams-do-view-kaepernick-as-starter/
NFL execs admit Kaepernick is better than these 6 starters
According to an ESPN survey — which polled “nine general managers, 13 coordinators, six personnel directors, five other executives, five head coaches, seven other assistant coaches, three analytics directors and two national scouts” and asked them to place the league’s quarterbacks, and Kaepernick, into tiers — there are six teams that would benefit from his being their starter.
Kaepernick was the 28th-ranked QB overall, just behind Broncos signal-caller Trevor Siemian and Chicago’s $45 million man, Mike Glennon. Kaepernick outranked his successor in San Francisco, Brian Hoyer, Jacksonville’s Blake Bortles, the Rams’ Jared Goff, Houston’s Tom Savage, the Jets’ Josh McCown and whoever is the Browns quarterback (he outpaced Brock Osweiler, Cody Kessler and the unranked DeShone Kizer).
https://nypost.com/2017/08/23/nfl-execs-admit-kaepernick-is-better-than-these-6-starters/
I'd say the bolded are a far better judge of Kaepericks talents than fans.
