I get that people are mad about teams not jumping on him, but pretty much the same thing happened to Michael Sam a couple of years ago and Mahmoud Abdul-Rouf in the NBA back in the 90s and basically nothing happened. People don't even get mad enough to stop Wall Street and Washington from raping us yearly, the chances of them standing up for a backup QB are slim to none. I know black people that don't even consider him black and most of my politically invested friends don't give a shit about NFL to begin with
Michael Sam was a fringe NFL player though. This guy was playing in a Super Bowl less than 5 years ago which is why this is such a big deal. He has talent and can help a team win but no one has the balls to sign him. I don't recall Philadelphia polling their fans and sponsors before signing Michael Vick.
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I get that people are mad about teams not jumping on him, but pretty much the same thing happened to Michael Sam a couple of years ago and Mahmoud Abdul-Rouf in the NBA back in the 90s and basically nothing happened. People don't even get mad enough to stop Wall Street and Washington from raping us yearly, the chances of them standing up for a backup QB are slim to none. I know black people that don't even consider him black and most of my politically invested friends don't give a shit about NFL to begin with
Michael Sam was a fringe NFL player though. This guy was playing in a Super Bowl less than 5 years ago which is why this is such a big deal. He has talent and can help a team win but no one has the balls to sign him. I don't recall Philadelphia polling their fans and sponsors before signing Michael Vick.
Michael Sam was the SEC defensive player of the year. Kony Ealy had a less impressive college career and it was debatable which would be a better pro. Sauce: analysis of the 2 from one month prior to his announcement http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000311288/article/michael-sam-vs-kony-ealy-which-mizzou-de-is-better-prospect. But Ealy goes second round and the Patriots just gave the Panthers a second round draft pick for him. Meanwhile Sam falls to the 7th, gets cut, meanders on a practice squad before finally getting the message and moving on. Calling him fringe is kinda insulting to his potential.
Michael Vick was a fork in the road, and a totally different situation. While inconsistant, he was a world class athlete. He was also a beloved figure in hip hop circles, where his antics only built his myth. He was football's Allen Iverson. But even with that going for him, he wouldn't be allowed back if it all went down now. Everything is 1000x more pc now. SJWs on social media would destroy the NFL now. Most of the rest of the examples people use like Ray Lewis or Donte Stallworth were before Vick, too. Society is different now. More feminine. People would've adored Greg Hardy in the 70s. Now he's playing in the D-League. Aldon Smith is in the same boat
Maybe my assessment of Sam was a little harsh, but I remember going into that draft that he was a 3rd-4th round pick before the announcement. He also had a bad Senior Bowl and tested poorly at the Combine. There were also plenty of concerns about his size leaving him as a tweener without a position. His production that year was also a bit misleading. Here's a good analysis: https://www.si.com/2014/02/13/michael-sam-film-study-nfl-draft
Anyway, college production doesn't always translate into a great NFL player, see Tim Tebow. He definitely got screwed by coming out, but that doesn't mean he was going to be a superstar or even stick in the league. Kaepernick has least proven he has NFL chops, and Jim Harbaugh, who knows QBs as well as anyone, swears by him. That's good enough for me.
Let's be honest though. Kaep was trending downward before he started kneeling. He's always been kind of a drama queen. Harbaugh had to tell him to chill with his Twitter at one point. How many awesome QBs have been told to stop tweeting? Manning? Brady? Rodgers? No. You get one athlete every generation that can get away with being a headache. Kaep isn't Odell Beckham. I agree that there's black balling going on with him. I just don't think it would be happening to him if he was putting it together as a player. There's prolly 10 teams put there that would've given him a shot if they didn't know he would polarize their fanbase. And that would definitely happen because for a lot of people, what he's done doesn't involve race as much as politics and culture. Americans are drunk on their institutions. Making any sort of disrespectful gesture towards stuff like our troops or our flag, regardless of the reason, sets about 3/4 of us into defensive chest-beating. Even if people know shits fucked, they don't really want anyone else making a scene about it. It's a form of denial, akin to you being able to talk shit on a sibling but nobody else can. Americans are in denial right now about the state of how government treats us. Football, and really sports in general, is an escape from that. People want to deal with politics during an NFL game about as much as they wanna watch a John McCain speech before their pornhub video starts up. And honestly, sports is the most awkward place to make a statement as a liberal because so much of it is Capitalism-centric. Liberals have art to indulge in. Conservatives live and die by their teams in a way a lot of Libs don't. Libs sports fans are more passive. And Conservatives definitely have more financial pull. So you have a fanbase that weighs heavily Conservative and an ownership set that's mostly 1%/Alpha-Capitalists watching a mixed kid that grew up with white parents in the Wisconsin burbs, with media hitmen questioning his blackness. He hasn't played worth a shit in three years. He's annoying on Twitter. Then he suddenly becomes an afro-wearing revolutionary while sitting the bench, spitting on their flag and troops while making $19million dollars a year. And now people are curious why teams aren't jumping at the chance to sign this guy?
Good points. I just can't believe someone like the Ravens couldn't use him. Seattle brought him in for a workout and their players were surprised they didn't sign him. He'd be a fit there. I don't believe he'd demand what Cutler just got. He likely wouldn't play in a regular season game. Meanwhile the Bears gave Mike Glennon $18.5 million guaranteed. And you have Vick and Ray Lewis telling Kaepernick to get in line and keep quiet and cut your hair and you'll get a job. Shit's fucked.
Ray and Mike need to stfu. Them running their mouths about him is like my Grandfather giving me shit for not just grabbing bitches by the pussy. They got away with what they did because they were in a different era. The only validity in their opinion is selfish because they know he's fucking his money up by not licking the boot like they had to.
Just based on talent, he would fit any number of clubs. I could make an argument that he would bring more to the table than anyone the Jets, Bills, Browns, Dolphins and possibly Texans, Broncos, Rams and Jags have. In his old division, you got Carson Palmer about to turn into dust and Russell Wilson finding out what it's like to be undersized without a great running back. Honestly, he would be a luxury backup upgrade for any of the frontline teams like the Patriots, Steelers, Falcons and Packers or any other team like the Giants, Saints or Chargers starting dinosaurs at QB. Andrew Luck doesn't seem healthy. Sam Bradford seems like a ticking bomb. There are a lot of possible destinations that I could see him working with. There are prolly fewer that wouldn't make sense, and those are teams like the Cowboys or Buccaneers or Titans with young guys already establishing themselves as starters. Washington could've let him back up Cousins for a year and learn their offense so he could take over after Cousins gets paid somewhere else. That would've been fun: having Kaep play for a team with a racist mascot. But none of it will likely happen now.
Further, we know from multiple sources that Kaepernick isn't just looking for any job. Two people to whom I spoke last week say he's looking for a place that offers him a chance to compete for a starting job and a salary befitting a high-end backup quarterback or a low-end starter. Think something like $9 million to $10 million.
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Former Detroit Lions linebacker DeAndre Levy has filed a grievance against the team after being released in March, ESPN reported.
Levy missed 11 games last season after undergoing September knee surgery, and required a second procedure to repair a torn meniscus again after he was released at the start of the league year.
The Lions passed Levy on his physical before releasing him, nullifying the $1.75 million injury guarantee in his contract for this season.
Levy did not return phone or text messages from the Free Press tonight, but he previously told the Free Press "there was more going on than I was being told" with his knee.
"My main focus is to actually heal and get healthy under trusted physicians," Levy said in April.
Levy, 30, is not expected to play again, though he has drawn interest from several teams.
He was a Pro Bowl-caliber weakside linebacker in the 2013-14 seasons, when he totaled 270 tackles and seven interceptions.
He missed most of the 2015 season with a hip injury, and underwent knee surgery last year after returning in Week 1.
Today, Levy told ESPN that he blamed the Lions for his plight.
"In the moment, they tell me I can't make it worse," Levy said. "The doctors are telling me that, the coaches are telling me that, like the doctor is saying I can't make it worse and now, I can. For my long-term health, yeah, I regret it. ... I was just trying to prove I could be out there and help the team win, and hopefully that would be some saving grace for next year, like I was still trying to battle it out for everybody.
"But now I'm stuck sidelined, struggling to get up and down stairs."
Yeah but this is three players, three prominent players and leaders on the team, that the Lions have screwed over in recent years in Tulloch, Megatron, and Levy. It's a bad look for a team that doesn't need more negative perception than it already has. Quinn's been doing good work but in terms of this stuff he needs to do better.
Perception matters, especially when you're not the Patriots and can get away with this shit because you win every year. It's really bad optics to be on bad terms with your best receiver of all time and involved in a grievance with your best linebacker since Chris Spielman, at the same time no less.
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Michael Vick was a fork in the road, and a totally different situation. While inconsistant, he was a world class athlete. He was also a beloved figure in hip hop circles, where his antics only built his myth. He was football's Allen Iverson. But even with that going for him, he wouldn't be allowed back if it all went down now. Everything is 1000x more pc now. SJWs on social media would destroy the NFL now. Most of the rest of the examples people use like Ray Lewis or Donte Stallworth were before Vick, too. Society is different now. More feminine. People would've adored Greg Hardy in the 70s. Now he's playing in the D-League. Aldon Smith is in the same boat
Anyway, college production doesn't always translate into a great NFL player, see Tim Tebow. He definitely got screwed by coming out, but that doesn't mean he was going to be a superstar or even stick in the league. Kaepernick has least proven he has NFL chops, and Jim Harbaugh, who knows QBs as well as anyone, swears by him. That's good enough for me.
Just based on talent, he would fit any number of clubs. I could make an argument that he would bring more to the table than anyone the Jets, Bills, Browns, Dolphins and possibly Texans, Broncos, Rams and Jags have. In his old division, you got Carson Palmer about to turn into dust and Russell Wilson finding out what it's like to be undersized without a great running back. Honestly, he would be a luxury backup upgrade for any of the frontline teams like the Patriots, Steelers, Falcons and Packers or any other team like the Giants, Saints or Chargers starting dinosaurs at QB. Andrew Luck doesn't seem healthy. Sam Bradford seems like a ticking bomb. There are a lot of possible destinations that I could see him working with. There are prolly fewer that wouldn't make sense, and those are teams like the Cowboys or Buccaneers or Titans with young guys already establishing themselves as starters. Washington could've let him back up Cousins for a year and learn their offense so he could take over after Cousins gets paid somewhere else. That would've been fun: having Kaep play for a team with a racist mascot. But none of it will likely happen now.
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Former Detroit Lions linebacker DeAndre Levy has filed a grievance against the team after being released in March, ESPN reported.
Levy missed 11 games last season after undergoing September knee surgery, and required a second procedure to repair a torn meniscus again after he was released at the start of the league year.
The Lions passed Levy on his physical before releasing him, nullifying the $1.75 million injury guarantee in his contract for this season.
Levy did not return phone or text messages from the Free Press tonight, but he previously told the Free Press "there was more going on than I was being told" with his knee.
"My main focus is to actually heal and get healthy under trusted physicians," Levy said in April.
Levy, 30, is not expected to play again, though he has drawn interest from several teams.
He was a Pro Bowl-caliber weakside linebacker in the 2013-14 seasons, when he totaled 270 tackles and seven interceptions.
He missed most of the 2015 season with a hip injury, and underwent knee surgery last year after returning in Week 1.
Today, Levy told ESPN that he blamed the Lions for his plight.
"In the moment, they tell me I can't make it worse," Levy said. "The doctors are telling me that, the coaches are telling me that, like the doctor is saying I can't make it worse and now, I can. For my long-term health, yeah, I regret it. ... I was just trying to prove I could be out there and help the team win, and hopefully that would be some saving grace for next year, like I was still trying to battle it out for everybody.
"But now I'm stuck sidelined, struggling to get up and down stairs."
The Lions declined comment.
calvin isnt the first guy to be asked to give back some money.