Debunking the bogus “Colin Kaepernick is bad — he went 1-10” argument

The 2017 NFL season begins tonight, and every argument about why Colin Kaepernick remains out of the NFL has been debunked — except one.

“He is bad — he went 1-10!”

Nonsense.

Yes, Kaepernick was 1-10 last season for the 2-14 49ers, but history tells us that a crappy record in merely one season is not enough to land a quarterback on the NFL’s unemployment list.

After all, Kaepernick’s 2016 was the 38th time in NFL/AFL history in which a quarterback in at least his 6th season won 3 or fewer games while losing 9 or more. Thirty-one quarterbacks other than Kaepernick produced such a season. Only two never played again.

Protest too much.

Time to Settle Accounts

February 1, 2013: Protest too much.

Police arrest protesters at the University of Chicago. (photo by Chicago Tribune)

“It’s god damn freezing outside,” I said to Evan, a fellow ChicagoNower. We were making our way to a protest at the University of Chicago in the face of a relentless wind slashing across our noses. Tears welled in my eyes and I gritted my teeth with every gust. My toes were beginning to disappear, a trait I’d felt most memorably at Barack’s first Inauguration.