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Lots of players sat / kneeled last year and some have this year - they have jobs. Yes, he became the first face, but not the only.
He isn't asking for third string money. The Ravens wanted to sign him but only had 5.9 million of cap space - couldn't come to terms.
The Seahawks like him a lot and couldn't come to terms. ESPN's Mike Garafolo said he went in there asking in the 9-10 million/year range. That isn't backup money.
If he played last year like he did in 2014 he'd have a job at that price, or likely quite a bit more. The NFL is riddled with talented QB's who lit up the league for a season or half a season and then they were figured out and we're middling at best. He's a middling QB and if he took middling QB money like a Ryan Mallet / Matt Schaub type, again, he'd have a job.
I am not saying he was asking for a low value contract. But saying he doesn't have a job because he can't produce is just the typical bullshit spread by the white trash to feel justified about the blackballing.