More Nails in the Coffin of the NFL

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | August 30, 2017 | Rush Limbaugh

[littleharbour]

The NFL owners are no different than the other billionaires who control the Fortune 500. They care most about their place in the social ladders of America’s big cities. They are willing to take some hit on the bottom line as long as they get invited to dinner with Bloomberg, or to the VIP section in Beyonce’s concert. Geeks, workaholic CEO’s, just love rubbing shoulders with the famous and beautiful and will avoid anything that would put them out of step with their phoney friends.

[SkyDancer]

Well if she was serving cocktails I could understand it.

[rlmorel]

It is a game that has traditionally been masculine, and typically American.

Two things that leftists (and some other people in this country) are against.

If he is considering Kapernick, it not only shows how out of touch he is with MOST Americans, it also shows how completely ignorant he is of football.

I post this snippet on all NFL threads where there are still some completely ignorant people who thing Kapernick is viable in some way.

WHY COLIN KAPERNICK MAY NEVER PLAY A DOWN OF USEFUL FOOTBALL AGAIN

I heard a great explanation from Scott Zolak (former Patriots quarterback) on Boston radio on why Colin Kapernick is unemployed. I have to paraphrase a bit here, because I don't have the transcript.

When Kapernick came into the league, and started the last five games of the 2012 season, the San Francisco offense was built to exploit him using the read option. It hadn't been used in the pros as more than a novelty or gimmick, he was tearing up a league that wasn't ready for him. He was nearly unstoppable because defenses hadn't paid attention to the scheme.

But eventually teams figure you out. Zolak talked about how after other teams had enough film on Kapernick and the option, coaches would widen the tackles, putting them further off center, getting linebackers to fill the gaps, and taking a more patient approach, steering the quarterback into lanes where they would be able to tackle him. (Zolak says that defensive coordinators don't get enough credit for that aspect of the game. The negative performance is often heaped on the quarterback, when the truth is, defensive coordinators get paid to figure out ways to neutralize opponents strengths. And it is a copy cat league. One team does it...they all do it. It is a scheme adjustment, and once they figured it out (by the end of 2014/beginning of 2015 seasons) Kapernick's days were numbered. He just didn't (and doesn't) know it.

Once teams figured out how to defend that, Kapernick realized he wouldn't be able to run anymore, and his coaches knew it too, they knew he had to become more of a pocket quarterback.

But Kapernick lacks two major assets to make that work.

WHAT CRUCIAL SKILLS KAPERNICK LACKS TO BE AN NFL QUARTERBACK:

1.) He has no touch. He could throw long bombs, but anything else would get delivered, inaccurately, at high velocity. He had and has zero touch for a quarterback.

2) He can't read a defense. Zolak said the book on him was to simply watch him when he got the ball and dropped back. Watch the stripe on his helmet. When he gets the ball snapped to him, he looks to the right or the left. Good quarterbacks like Brady, Rodgers and Brees look straight up the field when they get the ball. Kapernick looks. He can't break the habit. And defensive backs got the book on him. The defensive coaches said: "Watch the helmet stripe."

In summary: Kapernick cuts the field in half for the defenders. And when he can't get the first read, he is lost. He can't progress through his reads and what makes it even worse for him, he has no touch, so dumping it off is a real challenge. He is hot and inaccurate on those kinds of passes. When he goes to his safety valve (usually a running backing the flat) after his initial reads fail, that back is dependent on getting the ball delivered in a way that allows him to catch it in the simplest possible way so he can begin running, usually because someone is on him immediately. Often there are defenders nearby, so the quarterback may have to loft the ball a little to clear outstretched arms. Kapernick can do neither of these, so the ball arrives at the safety valve running back too hot to catch, or the ball is batted down by a defensive player. That's Kapernick the quarterback in a nutshell.

And there are more impediments for him:

NON PERFORMANCE REASONS KAPERNICK IS NOT SUITED FOR AN NFL ROSTER SPOT, EVEN AS A BACKUP:

1.) He fits very few schemes. Seattle might have been a backup spot, but he was apparently asking $9 million a year. This is the precise reason Miami didn't sign him. Cutler has his issues, but he is a plug-and-play guy for the Dolphins. They would have had to completely revamp their offense for Kapernick. Not enough time. Cutler with his issues is a better fit.

2.) His off field BS does have an effect. Backups should be invisible, create no waves. Kapernick will be pursued after any team activity, and it will be a circus. Not worth it.

Lastly, in my opinion, He is a douche. Wearing the Fidel shirt just confirmed for me what I already knew. I don't think he is a particularly bright guy, and to make it worse, he has a woman leading him willingly around to use him as a social justice tool. That is more important to him than football.

So, when the GM or Coach is told to evaluate Colin Kapernick for their team they watch the film on him, look at his toxic personality and issues:

Nope. Not worth it. I think he won't play again in this league, even if someone gets desperate. And it won't be because he is being blackballed.

It will be because, in today's NFL...he simply cannot play the game it is being played.

[bankwalker]

Do you know them?

[SaxxonWoods]

the NFL has already ruined the game and made it unwatchable.

If the NFL can’t figure out how to do the few things that would return the game to popularity and safety, too bad for them.

What the NFL should do:

Get rid of replay. It’s just a game, including the calls. Get rid of a lot of the penalties. Jump offsides or move early, blow the whistle and line up again. Second offense before the play gets run is 15 yards and penalized player goes to penalty box for 2 minutes.

Get rid of helmets and pads. More women would immediately get interested and the bad injuries would drop dramatically.

[God luvs America]

i am in the football business...my longest friend in the business was one of the insiders on NFL Live but got canned the night before the 2017 draft...i’ve known this guy for 20 years and in all that time he’s made a single, arms length, political comment...

when i spoke with him after his firing became public he said “if you were a middle aged white guy you had no chance”...

[central_va]

More cheerleader shots!

[FatherofFive]

Cars, bacon, wine, swimming, sex? Sounds like a fun weekend ...

Yeah, High School was fun!

[Kaslin]

And the drive-by media was bitching because First Lady Melania wore high heels as she walked with President Trump to Marine One who flew them to Air Force One. When she and President Trump exited Air Force One, she had changed her high heel shoes into comfortable sneakers.

It shows you how ignorant the media is. They think the First Lady does not know that you don't walk in high water with high heels.

[raybbr]

I don’t get this. The players these days really are, in my opinion, trying to hurt their opponents. They should reduce the amount of pads and go back to leather helmets. It’s too easy to use yourself as a human missile when you’re all padded up.

[slimjim12]

I have my differences with the NBA, but they got the national anthem rule correct.

H. PLAYER/TEAM CONDUCT AND DRESS

(1) Each player when introduced, prior to the game, must be uniformly dressed.

(2) Players, coaches and trainers are to stand and line up in a dignified posture along the sidelines or on the foul line during the playing of the National Anthem.

http://www.nba.com/media/dleague/1314-nba-rule-book.pdf (3) Coaches and assistant coaches must wear a sport coat or suit coat.

[lesko]

He’s also apparently a big glory seeker casting his face around itching for his 15 minutes of fame when he simply could have quietly resigned from his job without making a fuss.

[headstamp 2]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/sports/espn-ed-cunningham-football-concussions.html

Sounds like he had other factors involved. He offered to resign in the spring too over the layoffs.

He has a lot of other projects going also.

Just may be some virtue signaling mixed in.

[NonValueAdded]

Excellent post, thank you

[DuncanWaring]

His answer would be “Most of you white honkies dead, the rest in chains”.

[LS]

The only brain trauma is among the sports writers.

[hal ogen]

nfl...who watches these overpaid, under-talented American-despising fools/ There is more to life than this crappy game. Spend some time with your friends and family.

[mazda77]

From what I know, that is not true. It was floated by none other than Stephen Smith implying our QB problem was big enough to consider it. If Shad had any designs on moving the team for poor ticket sales, then this wold have been the magic ticket.

[Rebelbase]

Dessert.

[headstamp 2]

[The players these days really are, in my opinion, trying to hurt their opponents.]

Nobody knows how to tackle and “wrap up” an opposing player as other players run to the tackle to help. Instead its all impact type hits relying on the impact itself to knock a player down while the other idiot dances over the “corpse”.