Popeyejones":1ogkwvm0 said:
I don't think they will, but the Seahawks have every reason in the world to sign Kaepernick as a backup.
[ and then some well-stated, very valid points - go back and read them ]
I completely understand where you are coming from. However, I am also in the camp that says Kaep is a poor-man's Wilson, but comes at a premium price. I believe if Wilson goes down, it's "game over" for however many games he's out, which likely means "game over" for the playoffs aka the season.
To me it is not worth any semblance of a high price to sign Kaep only to have him sit around doing nothing. He's never going to replace Wilson or even seriously compete for the position.
While he is a poor-man's Wilson, mobile QBs coming out of college are dime-a-dozen, and come without the baggage.
When assessing the best man for the position, I think it's quite relevant to consider value-over-replacement, and I don't see Kaep having a VOR commensurate with the likely dollars-over-replacement. I say likely because his previous salary demands were out of line with his talent and inappropriate for a backup QB.
Now, it's entirely possible that I am wrong. Maybe our OL will be sufficiently improved that our QB will not be constantly forced to throw on the run. Maybe our OC can successfully implement screens and called QB runs to slow down the pass rush. Maybe our defense will be good enough that we could have a non-Wilson QB in for a game or two without writing them off as losses.
To me, all of those things would have to happen to make Kaep make sense. Otherwise, we're better off using the backup QB budget to help make those things happen.