Slowman wrote:
last tri in 83 wrote:
Where are you getting that? I can't find anything that suggests that. Take a step back and think about it. Kaep in the top ten of QB's??
not that this is going to change what or how you think about anything one iota, and it's certainly not going to change JSA's mind because he loves facts until he doesn't, but i believe what i wrote is the
10th highest QB (passer) rating among active players.
i might be wrong about that. it might be 11th. shaub, kap, dalton, in pretty close to a dead heat for 9th thru 11th. in addition to the link above you'll find the stats
here. not hard to find. these stats are shown for 1500 attempts and over. if you add those not yet meeting that threshold then prescott, mariota, garoppolo, tyrod taylor jump over him. but if you go back to where kap was when he had 400 or 800 attempts he jumps back over several on this list, hence the 1500 threshold.
The two links you provided say that he is 17th.
THIS link (which rates active passers) doesn't show him at all (maybe because he has no job presently), but nowhere do I see him at 10th or even 11th.
FWIW, I have no doubt that his controversial speech is contributing to his failure to land a job he thinks is worthy of him. However, his declining performance over the last three years (pretty dismal QB ratings), the fact that he doesn't fit most systems, and the fact that the systems he DOES fit pretty much already have their backups certainly play a much bigger role, as does the rumor that he reportedly turned down an offer because it didn't pay enough. If I were him, I'd take the lower pay, continue to speak out, and then let my playing do the talking for me. If he's really as good as you say, then he should develop quickly into a VERY valuable back up or a starter in no time. Assuming his stats get back to the level you seem to think he can attain, then nobody will care that he wants to kneel and the paycheck will be there.
In short, the speech is a contributor, but all of the guys you mention who were forgiven their sins were MUCH MUCH better at their respective positions than Kaep is at his. The reason they were forgiven has less to do with the type of "sin" and more to do with the fact that those guys produced.
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