Leftover QBs Learning a Hard Lesson: The NFL Is Just Not That into Them

March 24, 2016   ·   Mike Tanier   ·   Jump to comments

Poor Robert Griffin III. He was anointed a franchise savior, his face plastered on billboards and Metro buses. He was declared "superhuman" by medical experts and placed at the center of the NFL's marketing campaign. Even his socks were national news. But he crashed back to earth because—get this—he wasn't "humble" enough.
Now, the NFL is just not that into him.
Alas, Ryan Fitzpatrick. He was the heir apparent to the Doug Flutie throne of middle-aged white guy wish-fulfillment quarterbacking. The mason-jar segment of the NFL fanbase admired his Ivy League gumption, television producers loved displaying cutesy graphics of his career journey across the NFL map, and he even delivered a genuinely impressive season in 2015.
But the flight of FitzMagic is indefinitely grounded, because the NFL is just not that into him.
Woe to Colin Kaepernick, who came within five yards and some close calls of winning a Super Bowl four seasons ago. He should be dueling R...

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