| jason1637 said: I don't agree with the kneeling buy Kaepernick did something he believed was right and didn't back down so he deserves to be in the cover. He's also a decent QB. |
For context though, he was 8-8 as a starter in 2014, 2-6 as a starter in 2015, and 1-10 as a starter in 2016. Kaepernick was showing signs of not being a "decent QB" long before he started kneeling during the anthem. Ironically, he didn't start his protest until he was trying to get out of his 49ers contract when they tried replacing him with Blaine Gabbert. 2015-2016, with the exact same team, Gabbert was 4-9 as a starter while Kaepernick was 3-16 (meanwhile, Jimmy Garoppolo rattled off 5 wins in a row as soon as the 49ers signed him late last year). More wins, less headache. And it wasn't just the kneeling. It was the wearing of "Cops are pigs" socks, and Fidel Castro t-shirts as well. He turned himself into a sideshow. You combine that with only 3 wins in your last 17 starts, and that's pretty much a recipe for no team wanting you on their roster.
