Kaepernick? Oh, please. He barely had the arm (and that ended with his shoulder injury) and never had the mind (as was ultimately revealed by the whole checkdown-sequence talk being a fabrication and all plays instead being specifically scripted). He took a Super Bowl caliber team and ruined it with basic mindless play.

I say this as a 49ers season ticket holder who saw every game and training camp he played.

Every NFL bad actor with talent gets lots of second chances. He simply lacked the necessary mindset.