Harbaugh defends Kaepernick - says he will win Championships

Submitted by KennyHiggins on

Do you ever think Harbaugh's players worry about him having their backs?  The embattled Colin Kaepernick seems to be having a hard time finding a new squad.  This has caused his old 49er coach to say (as quoted in PFT Live tonight): "I'll tell you the same thing I tell them: I think he's an outstanding player and a great competitor who has proven it in games....He'll have a great career and be a great quarterback, win championships"

Loyalty when a man really needs it, is never forgotten by those in need, and for those truly paying attention.  Love it.

mGrowOld

March 21st, 2017 at 10:05 PM ^

With God-awful QB coaching last year and a supporting cast second only to my Browns for sheer awfullness here were Kaps stats last year

QB  rating 90.7

TDs: 16

Ints: 4

Seems pretty good to me.  Shit, I'd take him here in Cleveland all day long over any of the three QBs in the draft or even the future hall of famer Jimmy Garrapolo but sadly he's poison right now so my guess is he's going to have a hard time finding an owner willing to face the fan (and Presidential) backlash that will come with signing him.

BursleyBaitsBus

March 21st, 2017 at 11:35 PM ^

It's a nonstory now given the ADHD nature of 24/7 news cycles. Kaepernick did his job and brought attention to his cause. Donated a million dollars and put his money where his mouth is. 

Just donated another 50 thousand dollars to Meals on Wheels today, but he's still maligned by jingoist blowhards and by the moron in the White House. 

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/kaepernick-50g-donation-time…

Please. People act like Kaepernick committed treason or something... 

Stephen Y

March 21st, 2017 at 11:39 PM ^

He can take his "cause" somewhere else. He had no business using the national anthem as his soap box. If I tried to pull shit like that at my work, I would get fired. I just wish the NFL had the balls to fine him for it. Or at least fine him for the socks he would wear that portrayed cops as pigs. A Lions player wore pink socks a few years ago for breast cancer awareness and got fined, but I guess disrespecting authority is okay nowadays.

BursleyBaitsBus

March 21st, 2017 at 11:53 PM ^

Whether you like it or not, sports have a bigger platform (unlike your job, no offense) to reach a wider audience. I wonder if you would also complain about these three b/c  the 2 US guys got grilled and the Australian guy got blacklisted from his country until 2012. These days I doubt many would take issue with their protest. 

Some athletes use the platform, some don't. The attention was a net positive for forgotten communities that also happen to be represented by our anthem. 

conradb42

March 22nd, 2017 at 8:29 AM ^

"Kapernick will be remembered more for his protest than his football accomplishments."

Giving a louder voice for those that don't have it is more important than TD/INT ratios.

WorldwideTJRob

March 22nd, 2017 at 10:08 AM ^

his stats are above average, but the hate he gets will have you thinking he had the worst season in NFL history last year. Perception is not reality with Kaep. Guys smack around women and get new contracts, yet a guy stands up for a cause he believes in and yet he cant get signed? Crazy world we live in.

Wolverheel

March 22nd, 2017 at 9:10 AM ^

"but he's still maligned by jingoist blowhards and by the moron in the White House."



I love how the mods see no issue with stuff like that but would immediately lock the thread if this was said 1 year ago.

The Oracle

March 22nd, 2017 at 2:01 PM ^

When you demean the entire law enforcement profession, you are expressing a view which runs contrary to the opinions of the vast majority of Americans. No one should be surprised by the perfectly justified reaction to Kaepernick. Both he and those who can't stand him have a right to express themselves, and a potential employer certainly has a right to take all of it into account when making a hiring decision.

Zerodarkwolverine

March 22nd, 2017 at 11:19 PM ^

"Kap" sucks. Harbaugh's comments are inaccurate and won't get a disrespectful shithead like him signed. Leave your political views off the board. No one cares.

Lionsfan

March 22nd, 2017 at 8:57 AM ^

You're right, America needs way less of assholes like this

 

BursleyBaitsBus

March 22nd, 2017 at 11:17 AM ^

You know what else is funny? He also donated 25k to a veterans foundation in Brooklyn. I'm sure that's 10x more beneficial than standing up for a national anthem and superficially pretending to give a shit about them.

But hey this is America, fake symbolism > actual substance!

Sac Fly

March 21st, 2017 at 11:31 PM ^

His numbers across the board were bad.

Cody Kessler had better stats with the Browns than Kaepernick. Higher completion percentage, qurterback rating, YPA.

Football outsiders has a stat like WAR for QB's. Kaepernick was 26th out of 30.

WorldwideTJRob

March 22nd, 2017 at 10:14 AM ^

90.4 quarterback rating and a 16-4 TD/INT ratio is bad? We're not even talking about being a starter, there's about 75 jobs for QB's in the NFL. You can't tell me he is not one of the 75 best QB's in the world. I find it pretty alarming that just because people don't like his politics that they will have the take that he doesn't belong in the league.

Hotel Putingrad

March 21st, 2017 at 9:53 PM ^

Brook Lopez just took eleventy steps before beating the Pistons at the buzzer. The only thing worse than college basketball refereeing is professional basketball refereeing.