For the one thousandth time: The most important trait an NFL QB must have to be successful is the ability to read a defense pre-snap. Cutler can do it, Kaepernick can't/won't/doesn't do it.  He's a one-read-and-run QB. RG3 has the same issue and wouldn't you know it, he's also unemployed. The "but the NFL allows wife beaters, drug addicts, and other criminals, but not a socially conscious black man" excuse doesn't work here. When players commit the crimes listed above, they only embarass themselves, their teams, and their fans. Kaepernick took a very strong social stance and executed it in a way that alienated millions of paying fans all around the country. That takes it from a team issue to a league/owner issue. Just as Kaep had/has a right to take his stand, the owners have the same rights to not employ him and in the process remind the other players that playing in the NFL is a privledge.