{"id":8950,"date":"2020-02-04T04:36:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T04:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=8950"},"modified":"2020-02-04T04:46:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T04:46:56","slug":"10-best-quarterbacks-hitting-the-market-this-offseason-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/10-best-quarterbacks-hitting-the-market-this-offseason-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Best Quarterbacks Hitting the Market This Offseason Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This is it. We\u2019ve reached the end of our list and there\u2019s one name that\u2019s yet to turn up. Well, here he is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. COLIN KAEPERNICK, UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2019: Did not record a stat or play for an NFL team<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this point it\u2019s probably not realistic to even put Kaepernick on a list like this, but he says he wants to play and is available, so I\u2019ve done it. The guy hasn\u2019t tossed a pass in the league since 2016 and is way more famous for his kneeling protests and social justice work than for his actual quarterbacking ability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s a real issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wrote about this earlier in the season and there\u2019s no reason to rehash it<\/a> at length. The people invested in Kaepernick due to his social justice work do not have a realistic assessment of his talents as a quarterback. Those that think he\u2019s not good enough to play in the league don\u2019t either. He\u2019s good enough to be a back up. And if you think it\u2019s some kind of slight to rank him under Blaine Gabbert, you need to understand that Gabbert beat Kap out of his job with the San Francisco 49ers twice, under two different coaching regimes, all before he ever took his first knee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the question is, would Kaepernick be a back up? I don\u2019t know. It would hurt his brand and his money-making potential outside of football, which has remained high. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would his fan base accept him being a back up? He\u2019s not the first guy that a vocal fan following with very little football knowledge has kept from holding Surface tablet. It\u2019s why Tim Tebow is on TV and not on an NFL sideline right now and he\u2019d never take a knee outside of a church pew. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tossing all that aside and just looking at football, he deserves to come in at No. 9 on the available QB list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where he should end up: Baltimore Ravens<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kap would be the perfect back up for Lamar Jackson. The offense is something he\u2019d naturally fit into and they could likely still win some games with him at QB. Of course, there\u2019s plenty of reasons that\u2019s not going to happen<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. BLAKE BORTLES, UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2019: No starts, 50.0 completion percentage, three yards<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three years ago Bortles was a game away from starting a Super Bowl. Last year he set a high sscore on Fruit Ninja on his Microsoft Surface tablet on the Los Angeles Rams sidelines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, Bortles was a first round pick for a reason and gave the Jaguars hope for years he\u2019d put it all together for him. Unfortunately that didn\u2019t happen. As I wrote in the opening preamble to this article series, there are 32 NFL franchises in the league. There are not 32 NFL franchise quarterbacks on the planet. Bortles could be the 32nd best quarterback in the NFL and still look like a pile of dog vomit under center on a Sunday. It\u2019s the nature of the position and the sport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That being said, he\u2019s got talent. He\u2019s won 24 games in the NFL (and lost 49, you know, but who\u2019s counting\u2026 besides the league stat office). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where he should end up: Los Angeles Rams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bortles needs to stay right where he is. He never looked comfortable in the preseason in Sean McVay\u2019s offense, but he could be a good back up in the system. And that\u2019s really the best he could hope for at this point. If there\u2019s anything to salvage with him, McVay\u2019s the guy to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 BEST QUARTERBACKS HITTING THE MARKET THIS OFFSEASON PART 1<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

10 BEST QUARTERBACKS HITTING THE MARKET THIS OFFSEASON PART 2<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

10 BEST QUARTERBACKS HITTING THE MARKET THIS OFFSEASON PART 3<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

10 BEST QUARTERBACKS HITTING THE MARKET THIS OFFSEASON PART 4<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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