Only because he was stuck with shit coaches, a completely fucked up front office and a team that was nearly devoid of talent.
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This is exactly what I’ve been l saying all along. I don’t care about the kneeling, but Kaep was the worst messenger.

As a Cuban, his defense of Castro and wearing his shirt was all I needed to see/hear to know he was full of shit.

My grandfather spent his entire life fighting that evil.
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So, the message was okay but the guy delivering it was a D-?

That's the issue here?

And why does NO ONE EVER comment on the fact that Chip Kelly shouldn't be coaching a fucking high school team, let alone, a storied franchise like the 49ers or a college team like UCLA?

9-31 pretty much says it all, yet that fucker is still employed.
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Some people get all the excuses.

Others get all the glory.

FAX THE PHILOSOPHER
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CK wasn’t winning anybody football games though Dane.

He couldn’t even separate himself from the very guy you mentioned (Gabbert).
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Playing style.

You need a backup who can play a similar style to your starter because you built your system around a particular style of play. Kaepernick didn't play similar to many quarterbacks at the time.

Honestly I think he'd be a damn near letter perfect backup for Mahomes, but now he's just been out of the league for too long for me to care. But for the couple years he would've remained viable, he'd have been the kind of guy you'd have to upend your offense to use as a backup. Oh, and by all accounts he was unwilling to accept a backups salary for that small window of viability as well.

And finally - yes, for many teams they simply didn't want to deal with the blowback for a mere backup quarterback. You're gonna have pissed off fans. As an owner, would you rather have pissed off fans for a dude you hope never has to play or just not rock the boat. At some point, businessman gonna businessman and the juice was simply never worth the squeeze for them, even if you DID have an offense built around a mobile quarterback with a strong arm to have him play behind.

When your style knocks you out as a viable option for 75% of the teams in the league and your salary demands already took you out of consideration for many, it doesn't take too many owners saying "nah - too much headache for too little reward" to leave you without a landing spot.
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I’m fine with them making the video but it’s far from perfect as it doesn’t seek to unite and it certainly won’t lead to any changes. If those are their goals then it failed miserably.
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So he'd be a great backup for Lamar Jackson is what you're saying..
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The issue is that he was full of shit.

You can’t say you’re against oppression, wear a Castro shirt in Miami of all places, then defend Castro when you get called out for it.

You might not care because you’re not Cuban, but my grandfather dedicated his entire life to fighting that evil.
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:-)

Because Chip Kelly said so? 9-31 Chip Kelly?

The same Chip Kelly that inherited a 5-11 team from Jim Tomsula and prompltly turned them into a 2-14 team?

That guy? That's the guy in which you're hinging CK's career?
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Winston's contract with NO has a base salary of $1.1M. The career starter and 1st round pick flamed out in Tampa as he did not develop into a reliable starter. Kneeling had nothing to do with his reduced market value.

The same can be said for Kaep. The difference is that Winston was willing to take personal responsiblity, accept that he needed to work on his game and accept a smaller paycheck with hopes to reinvent himself and push for a starting gig in the coming seasons.

Kaep did the opposite. No personal responsibility for his diminished play and instead of looking at why he wasn't getting starter money, he blamed the NFL for racism and collusion.
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I’m basing it off their play that year. He was better, but it wasn’t by much.
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That very well may have been. But that's the same story for a lot of NFL players. So they take less, go somewhere else and increase their value if they're successful. Kaep didn't want to do that.
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I have a theory that Kaepernick is just a moron and forgot to stand during the national anthem the first time. The media called him out, and he was like, oh shit, ummm ya...that was me protesting...ya...that's why I did that!
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