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Apparently, Baltimore is at least the third organization that wanted to sign Kaep, but the owner, a Republican, has blocked them.

Posted by David (aka David) Aug 2 '17, 08:13

The ramifications of this fascinate me. An organization that's had Ray Lewis and Ray Rice as the faces of the franchise won't sign a class act due to his political stance. I'm not picking on the Ravens. It's a larger point. Multiple teams have apparently done the same thing.

Kaep is the new Dixie Chicks. He didn't do anything wrong, but he's persona non grata anyway.

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Kaep isn't entirely blameless in this too. There was an opportunity in Seattle and it fell through. Most likely he 1) wanted too much money; 2) didn't -- (edited) - crash davis Aug 2, 08:25 8
- I wish we knew what his contract demands are - Strongbad Aug 2, 08:40 2
  - He gave up $14.5million in base salary to leave SF. I bet he wants that sort of money. -- nm - crash davis Aug 2, 09:08
  - I'm sure they include removing certain M&M's from the bowl. -- nm - Shardik the Baron Aug 2, 09:02
- he also could have had the Denver QB job but the money wasn't right. ?? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 2, 08:36 4
  - But if it wasn't a good deal, why should he (or anyone) take it? - ty97 Aug 2, 08:47 1
    - Players often take 1-yr deals at less than market rate, to "prove" their value/talent and hopefully earn a more lucrative deal the following offseason -- nm - Strongbad Aug 2, 09:17
  - Yeah, I don't know the exact details in Denver, but I think I would have taken less money if a job presented itself. -- nm - crash davis Aug 2, 08:39 1
    - hindsight 20/20 -- nm - Epiphany Aug 2, 09:12
The NFL already has enough problems without bringing politics into the discussion. -- nm - Shaun Aug 2, 08:19
Yeah, it's disgusting how domestic violence is allowed, yet protesting from a black man is unacceptable. -- nm - Inigo Aug 2, 08:18 9
- If Greg Hardy and Ray Rice were better football players, they'd still be in the league. - Strongbad Aug 2, 08:34 4
  - Ray Rice was a better than average back when the story broke. - Inigo Aug 2, 08:42 1
    - But they had the replacement already. A year earlier and he would still be in the league. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 08:47
  - RG3 has all of the injury issues as well. That doesn't apply to Kaep. I'm not sure Kaep is a starting qb in the league (he's had ups and downs, - pmb Aug 2, 08:38 1
    - yes, he should have a job. - groiny Aug 2, 08:39
- Exactly -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 08:30
- From a Ravens football perspective, I think they might as well take a chance on Kaep. - Inigo Aug 2, 08:25
- Yup. :-( -- nm - Krusty Aug 2, 08:24
- Exactly. -- nm - David Aug 2, 08:19

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Apparently, Baltimore is at least the third organization that wanted to sign Kaep, but the owner, a Republican, has blocked them.

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