And Jay "The INT" Cutler lands in the AFC East ... Man, Patriots do have it tough
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Even back-up QBs need to be a fit for the system. If you need your back-up QB to play, it's probably something that had to happen on the fly, without long-term planning and that QB and the rest of the offense need to be in sync within the same system.
There are about 3-4 teams in the NFL that run, or have run, the option system with success - Seahawks, Bills, Carolina and maybe, just maybe the Ravens if they have to, considering Greg Roman's presence there ... that's about it, really, unless I am forgetting someone.
Bills have Taylor who is a Kaep 2.0 but even that team, with the new regime in place, seems to be looking to move towards a more traditional offense with a pocket-passer QB, which is why they drafted a QB this year. Only reason why they kept Taylor and will run an option O this year too is because they have no better option for a pocket-passer.
Seattle have already moved onto making Wilson a pocket-passer and are trying to make him run as little as possible. Carolina seems to be following int heir foot-steps, looking to reinvent Cam Newton in an attempt to prolong his career.
Both these teams have entrenched, franchise-level QBs, so they are not really much of an option for Kaep, unless he is willing to be a back-up.
Maybe at this point in free agency, after seeing little to no interest from the NFL, Kaep has adjusted his expectattions/demands and has realized that his only option to stay in the NFL is as a back-up. Chances are, however, he was strictly looking for a starting job and salary at the beginning of the process, early in the free agency period.
That could very well explain the lack of interest/opportunities for Kaep even if were to look beyond the off-field stuff.
And even now, say he is willing to be a back-up, there is still the issue with money - there are back-up QBs who get paid 6-7 mil a year, while others top out at 2 mil, if that. Even if he is willing to be a back-up somewhere, that doesn't mean he would be willing to settle for bread-crumbs, which may well have been the stumbling block with Seattle - they did show interest in Kaep but they eventually settled for another back-up whom they are paying less than 1 mill/year, iirc, something Kaep most likely would never agree to.
Carolina already have a decent back-up QB under contract, so they are not an option, which leaves Baltimore ...