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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 345607" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>All off the cuff statements happen. If they didn't happen, then they wouldn't be off the cuff statements. He was upset. He was frustrated with the team and his status with the team. IF he was sitting because he was ticked off at his whole situation, he would probably not have said that when asked by the media. As I said before, IF he had announced protests before taking action, I would believe him. Since he was just responding to criticism, I don't put a lot of faith in the comments. He then followed up with a more thought out and polished response days later. If this was a planned and thought out protest, I would think he would have a response well thought out before hand.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If he did make this up as an excuse(which I am not claiming, just saying that I don't have confidence), then to just drop it would be an admission of lying. IF he made it up, he went from actually being a petty vindictive whiner to being the leader of a movement. I don't think it would be possible for him to just drop it either way.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And this is why I can just as easily believe that he was ticked off at the team and not showing respect for anyone or anything instead of actively protesting anything. As I have stated several times, I don't believe that he was being petty, but I also don't believe that he was being noble. I don't see enough evidence to convince me either way.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't doubt that the play some role. I think that it has a lot more to do with him as a QB than anything else. If you are a QB that a team would take a marginal look at everything else needs to be perfect. If Brett Favre had his alcohol problem and was a marginal QB, he would not have been in the league as long. NFL teams are typically risk adverse to the point of being super conservative. For the most part, coaches and GMs don't want to take chances. I think it is likely that if Harbaugh had not been the coach of the 49ers, Kaepernick might not have gotten the chance that he did in SF.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 345607, member: 2426"] All off the cuff statements happen. If they didn't happen, then they wouldn't be off the cuff statements. He was upset. He was frustrated with the team and his status with the team. IF he was sitting because he was ticked off at his whole situation, he would probably not have said that when asked by the media. As I said before, IF he had announced protests before taking action, I would believe him. Since he was just responding to criticism, I don't put a lot of faith in the comments. He then followed up with a more thought out and polished response days later. If this was a planned and thought out protest, I would think he would have a response well thought out before hand. If he did make this up as an excuse(which I am not claiming, just saying that I don't have confidence), then to just drop it would be an admission of lying. IF he made it up, he went from actually being a petty vindictive whiner to being the leader of a movement. I don't think it would be possible for him to just drop it either way. And this is why I can just as easily believe that he was ticked off at the team and not showing respect for anyone or anything instead of actively protesting anything. As I have stated several times, I don't believe that he was being petty, but I also don't believe that he was being noble. I don't see enough evidence to convince me either way. I don't doubt that the play some role. I think that it has a lot more to do with him as a QB than anything else. If you are a QB that a team would take a marginal look at everything else needs to be perfect. If Brett Favre had his alcohol problem and was a marginal QB, he would not have been in the league as long. NFL teams are typically risk adverse to the point of being super conservative. For the most part, coaches and GMs don't want to take chances. I think it is likely that if Harbaugh had not been the coach of the 49ers, Kaepernick might not have gotten the chance that he did in SF. [/QUOTE]
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