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Originally posted by harryj:
i get we can eat that cap but its what 16M at min
you could buy an elite player at any position for that
Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:We still have enough to sign Jeff extend others
You don't blow $30 million on a subpar QB. That is the kind of stuff GM's lose their jobs over and never get a second crack at the job as a result of it.
Consider what you would say if it was the Raiders dropping $30 mil on Christian Ponder, because that is about the level we are at with Kaepernick. He's not a good quarterback, nobody across the NFL wanted to pay him as anything more than a backup quarterback in the offseason and with good reason, backup quarterbacks don't get paid $15 mil a year.
Originally posted by Young2Rice:Originally posted by StOnEy333:Originally posted by SundayTicket:So I know this next year is already fully guaranteed for Kaepernick but I heard on 95.7 this morning that by us keeping him this year, we actually run the risk of keeping him again the following year because if he gets hurt in practice or some type of season ending injury, we will be on the hook again for the 2017 season...
If he's not healthy by the April deadline, then his salary would again be guaranteed. Just like this year. Everyone pointed out how he basically signed a year by year deal, but this clause is actually working out for him pretty good so far.
So he can basically have minor surgeries to repair things if need be and continue to get paid?
Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
We still have enough to sign Jeff extend others
You don't blow $30 million on a subpar QB. That is the kind of stuff GM's lose their jobs over and never get a second crack at the job as a result of it.
Consider what you would say if it was the Raiders dropping $30 mil on Christian Ponder, because that is about the level we are at with Kaepernick. He's not a good quarterback, nobody across the NFL wanted to pay him as anything more than a backup quarterback in the offseason and with good reason, backup quarterbacks don't get paid $15 mil a year.
Originally posted by Young2Rice:
So he can basically have minor surgeries to repair things if need be and continue to get paid?
Originally posted by StOnEy333:
I'm not disagreeing with you, but it's worth pointing out he was coming off of 3 different surgeries as well. That has something to do with the confidence of teams to sign him.
Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:Originally posted by StOnEy333:I'm not disagreeing with you, but it's worth pointing out he was coming off of 3 different surgeries as well. That has something to do with the confidence of teams to sign him.
None of the injuries were major in nature, non-throwing shoulder....etc. Its all stuff that nobody had questioned that he could recover from. I think the big issue is that once you get into November and December, even a non-major injury with recovery time could push past April 1st and just like that the 49ers are on the hook for $15 mil for a 30 year old backup quarterback.
Originally posted by SundayTicket:
Word. So I assume it's safe to say that we do run the risk of being on the hook for 2 years simply by keeping him for 1 year. Interesting stuff
Originally posted by Matchuu84:
Wonder if he will restructure to stay on team or be traded, or nfl.com just spewing talking points for hits.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000694933/article/will-kaepernick-have-to-renegotiate-to-stay-in-sf
Originally posted by Matchuu84:
Wonder if he will restructure to stay on team or be traded, or nfl.com just spewing talking points for hits.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000694933/article/will-kaepernick-have-to-renegotiate-to-stay-in-sf
Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:I can't see a single good reason for him to restructure right now. He's due to collect a buttload of money, even more if he happens to get hurt, if they choose not to pay him, they can cut him, and then he'd likely still get offered about the same as they would offer in a restructure.
Originally posted by Matchuu84:Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:I can't see a single good reason for him to restructure right now. He's due to collect a buttload of money, even more if he happens to get hurt, if they choose not to pay him, they can cut him, and then he'd likely still get offered about the same as they would offer in a restructure.
Thats what i thought, but was thinking maybe they know something that i didn't
