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Originally Posted by rubecube
I get what you're saying, but I guess my question would be then how do you define remotely good? To me, league average should be the measuring stick. Kap's stats last year extrapolated over 16 games would have looked like this:
59% completion rated (26th)
23 TDs (T-15th)
6 INTs (T-4th)
3260 yds (25th)
6.77 YPA (24th)
90.7 QB Rating (17th)
Now keep in mind that those numbers also game on an abysmal Niners offense that had zero offensive weapons. Those don't look like HoF numbers to me but they're the numbers of an average to slightly-below average starter, especially when you add in the fact that he can pick up yards and points with his legs, and if all you asked him to do was be a game manager like he was for his first two years in San Francisco.
And the backup QB argument does matter, especially for teams who consider themselves playoff contenders. If Flacco, Prescott, Mariota, or Wilson go down, that you'd rather have Mallet, Kellen Moore, Matt Cassel, or Austin Davis running your offense in the playoffs than Kaepernick?
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I am not a Kapernick fan, never was, I am not a big fan of run first QB's to begin with. No idea what his stats were last year I just remember watching and thinking how much he sucks and I still shake my head at that contract he got.
I just think, especially as a backup, that the less people know about you, the less of a distraction the better. But I say that with all those above QB's being pretty equally terrible. Basically the lesser of two evils. Some guys can be a back up, they have the mentality to do it and others don't. I don't think Kaepernick has the backup mentality so maybe the rumors of big money are true.