Jimmy Garoppolo's injury prompted 49ers to bring back Colin Kaepernick

The San Francisco 49ers suffered a devastating blow Monday with confirmation that starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo tore the ligament anterior cruciate ligament the day before, ending his season. While San Francisco suddenly became just C.J. Beathard at quarterback, the team needed to add another player to strengthen his position, which prompted the Niners to bring back a familiar face: Colin Kaepernick.

The free agent's free quarter left the NFL in March 2017 and filed a lawsuit against the league, accusing the owners of the collusion team of punishing him for being the protesters of the players against the injustice racial. While the story of Kaepernick has sparked renewed interest following a major advertising campaign for Nike which he is the centerpiece, he would have continued his training in the hope of returning to the league.

The connection with the 49ers is obvious: Kaepernick spent his six years in the NFL with the team after making a second-round pick in 2011, and he led the Niners to their last appearance in 2013 a return win on the Baltimore Ravens. Since then, the team has undergone some management changes, and current head coach, Kyle Shanahan, and general manager, John Lynch, have separated from Kaepernick shortly after their installation.

The owner of the 49ers, however, spoke favorably of Kaepernick's goals in his protests, even as protests, which continued in the quarter's absence, remain a thorny issue for the NFL. Thus, owner Jed York could be associated with a meeting – especially in light of Nike's commercial success since the launch of his campaign – and others have argued that this should happen.

"Gentlemen. York / Lynch / Shanahan: End the shady blackball of Colin Kaepernick by the NFL, "wrote Monday the sports editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, Al Saracevic, in an article of opinion for the newspaper. "Put a respectable quarter on the field and see if you can not resurrect a season spent south. Do the right thing. "

Naturally, many of the public calls come from social media, including a Twitter post from "Bones" actor and Niners fan. Pej Vahdat, who told his team, "Do not be stupid, we need another QB now and Kaepernick is ready!

Unfortunately for those who hope that the 49ers will bring back Kaepernick, the team is considering other options to support Beathard, a third-round pick last year who made seven appearances as a rookie, including five starts, and completed 54, 9% of his passes for 1,430 yards and four touchdowns with six interceptions for a score of 69.2. San Francisco promoted another sophomore quarterback, Nick Mullens, out of his training squad, and Shanahan announced Monday that he would recruit three veterans, Kellen Clemens, TJ Yates and Tom Savage, for the trials, with a fourth , Matt Moore, also possible candidate.

"I made this decision [to not pursue Kaepernick] because of the style of offensive we wanted to follow, "said Shanahan. "That's what I said last year. It's the same situation now. I always look into what type of offense I want to do, what kind of offense we have been committing for two years.

"When you start going to these quarters, we're talking about our guy, C.J. and his support, Nick Mullens. When you enter a third or fourth guy, whoever the coach says, you would like to bring in guys that you think would not have to change a lot of your attack.

This is one of Kaepernick's blows – he excels more in mobility and arm strength than in dissection of defenses and progression of his receiver from the pocket, and this set generally does not match what one wants most coaches of the NFL. On the other hand, he recorded strong passing statistics in his last season, scoring 16 touchdowns against just four interceptions with a score of 90.7, and while he lost 10 of his 11 starts, the team also lost did not start, indicating that Kaepernick's game was hardly the biggest problem of the 49ers of 2016.

In addition, the hearings of Clemens, Yates and Savage are reminiscent of the fact that many quarterbacks with a much smaller curriculum vitae than those of Kaepernick were signed by NFL teams when he was unemployed. In this case, all three have significantly worse career scores in major categories, such as completion percentage, passers-by and passing yards, with Kaepernick's ability to damage ground defenses being very low. .

Nevertheless, it is almost certain that the 49ers will not give some fans what they want by signing Kaepernick. That may not mean that his only return to the NFL is being closed, according to a lawyer who helps the quarterback in his grievance file.

Lawyer Mark Geragos recently told TMZ Sports: "I would just say," Stay tuned, "next week there may be news." Geragos hinted at Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots. as possible contenders for Kaepernick's services.

Geragos added that Kaepernick was watching the Dolphins, backed by Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson of Miami, who were the only two NFL players to sit during the anthem this season. Some others raised their fists or remained on the sidelines of the anthem, but apart from President Trump's criticism of the Nike campaign, the players' protests largely escaped the news during the first three weeks of the season. regular. the relief of the league.

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