white lightning
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The 49ers unexpectedly put Kaepernick on IR today. The real reason most likely is so that they can part ways with him after the season and take little or no cap hit.
It's almost as if CFers have scripted the continuing failures of black quarterbacks. Kaepernick and Griffin III were hyped as the brightest of stars three years ago before both spectacularly crashed. Much like Josh Freeman a few years earlier, Duante Culpepper a few years before that, and maybe some others I can't recall just now.
Then there are the endless flops right off the bat, despite so many colleges going out of their way to start black QBs, especially over the past half dozen years.
So now the NFL is down to Tyrod Taylor, and few if anyone thinks he's going to be a big star; Teddy Bridgewater, who is already a "game manager" at best; Jameis Winston, who may or may not be the next Cam Newton for a few years but likely lacks staying power even if that best case scenario happens; Cam Newton, whose decline will come swiftly once he begins to get injured running the ball so much and is forced to try to become a pocket passer; and Russell Wilson, who is a game manager whose best case scenario is to have staying power and have a career similar to that of Alex Smith.
Excellent write up Don. Spot on. None of these qb's will ever put up 300 yards passing week after week like our qbs do. They do it a different way. That way for the most part is not very exciting in my book. It also is unlikely to win you any super bowls unless you have a great defense like Seattle had a few years ago. Any smart team would stick with the traditional drop back qb. They get the wins alot more consistantly and the game is so much more fun to watch.