Matt Gay having a nice year so far. He’s only missed one FG this season. 27-28 FG.
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He drilled that 55-yarder like it was a XP. I did not realize this, but the announcers said he is statistically the most accurate kicker in the league.
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This is the first time I’ve seen CNS talk about it but of course, he uses this to be a teaching lesson:
https://twitter.com/SSN_Alabama/status/1494375345788751880
As a backup? I assume his QBR rating in the bottom 1/3 was of starters. If so, definitely. If among all qb’s, probably not, given the six years off.
Winning trumps everything in the NFL. If teams felt that Kaepernick could help them win as a QB, then he would have been on a roster…regardless of all the noise surrounding him.
The fact he’s not answers your question, I think.
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He was already a backup by the end of his stint in the league. Not sure why people still think of him in context of a starter…that had already played itself out.
But he was absolutely one of the better backups. There is no legitimate reason for him to have been out of the NFL altogether these last few years.
Kaep was a one hit wonder QB, that when defensive coordinators had enough tape on him, they simply turned his production off. Had Kaep actually worked to develop his game, instead of relying on his physical talents alone, maybe he would’ve stayed on a roster.
Tom Brady didn’t become the GOAT because he had mad physical talents. He did it because he developed new wrinkles to his game and eliminated weaknesses.
Hopefully Kaep took that step back and learned from the example while prepping for another shot. Honestly it is what Kurt Warner did.
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Zach Moss traded from Buffalo to Indianapolis today.
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Really would like to see Covey do well. Sigh…
“Britain Covey: F
The Britain Covey experiment needs to end. Maybe he was such a dominant kick returner in college because he was several years older than most of his opponents. The 25.5-year-old has failed to look dynamic at all in the return game. His speed is a nonfactor, he can’t make anyone miss and can’t break a tackle to save his life. The special teams at large has been a problem, but it is clear Covey is not a net positive returner in the NFL.”
Just remember Philly players don’t live in Philly. Most live in Delaware or Jersey and commute. 
They boo Santa for Hell’s sake.
#CityofBrotherlyHate
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After a loss to the Commanders, and the baseball outcome, Philly fans are ready to leave Michelin marks on the torsos of their own mothers.
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What’s with all the fuss about artificial turf lately? I don’t remember hearing a peep about this in the last decade or so. Now players and coaches are begging for grass fields all of a sudden.
This bunch of Mammy Pambies don’t know what a ■■■■ surface to play on is.
The Rice Stadium Rug…the Astrodome Rug…the grass in the Mausoleum…
Hell, Rice University was so cheap they laid astroturf on concrete with no padding at all between the rug and the floor!
This list could go on forever, especially when you are old.
Do they really want fields as bad as the Chicago Bears all over?
Lol this sounds like a troll or somebody with a serious axe to grind… and he cites no actual data to support his assessment. Covey is averaging about 21 and 7 K/P return yards respectively. Not All-Pro level, but those are certainly not “F” grade numbers by any measure.
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I’ll admit, I prefer watching football on a grass surface. I don’t know exactly why that is but something about it seems better to me.
Utah played at Rice once during the short-lived 16team WAC era. A rather bad day, both for the result of the game and for injuries.
That game at Rice was possibly the worst of Mac’s career at Utah. Utah lost 51-10. Who loses 51-10 to Rice?
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Because Ray Nitschke wouldn’t have mud splattered all over his jersey and face if he played on artificial turf (he may have even kept all his teeth.)
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