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You know I probably shouldn't bother wading into this, but in 20 years nobody is going to care about Kaep. While the league officially didn't do anything toward
by aaron-lebo 8y ago
You know I probably shouldn't bother wading into this, but in 20 years nobody is going to care about Kaep. While the league officially didn't do anything towards him, and multiple teams gave him a chance, there are worse QBs that got rostered while he was on the street, so yeah, it was unfair.
That being said, he statistically was a really mediocre QB. You can be as outspoken as you want if you are good, but if you're mediocre and you bring distractions (and while important, it was a distraction), you're not going to get hired in lots of industries.
IIRC, Kaep got a tryout by the Ravens and his girlfriend called the owner a plantation owner. That kind of stuff isn't going to fly, you can't just burn bridges. But teams like the Hawks (who seem progressive enough) declined having him as a backup, so maybe he wasn't good enough.
You can look it up yourself. His last two years in the league Kaep had a QBR of 43 and 49. Bortles, who nobody feels is great, had a QBR of 59 and 44 his last two years, in comparison. He's a backup level QB in a league with lots of backup level QBs.
- atomical 8y agoSo only the greatest QB's are allowed to take a stand?
- aaron-lebo 8y agoNot at all. I'm just saying, the guy got repeated tryouts. He was not shunned the way people act like he was. It really helps your cause when you are great, and you gotta be realistic about consequences (and narratives) when you aren't because people will find every reason to tear down even those that are great. Nike's selling shoes off that. That's not commercially exploitative?
- southphillyman 8y ago>I'm just saying, the guy got repeated tryouts He never got any try out's. That's the whole basis of his grievance. The Bronco's offered to trade for him before he was cut, but he'd take a $4million paycut so he declined. After he was cut there were no try outs or offers.