Wednesday is the 5th anniversary of the predecessor’s founding National Football League Quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt on one knee while playing the national anthem in the preseason. On the day before that anniversary, Cam Newton was waived by the New England Patriots as a quarterback.
Newton and Kaepernick were selected in the same year, and their careers have both similar and different paths. Both are at the pinnacle of the game. Both brought their teams to the Super Bowl. Both are double threat quarterbacks, and both are household names.
In the past year, they have been compared to each other for the strength of the quarterback. Newton spent most of his career playing for the Carolina Panthers, but he was released in the summer of 2020. In his free agency market, many fans believe that Kaepernick should be signed by the NFL team.
Newton signed with the Patriots in the last offseason, and Kaepernick has not signed with any team yet.
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Newton was waived by the Patriots on Tuesday because they have appointed rookie Mike Jones from Alabama as the starter against the Miami Dolphins next week.
Wednesday is the 5th anniversary of Kaepernick’s knees in the national anthem to protest the American police’s brutality against blacks. In the summer of 2020, nationwide Black people’s fate is also fate Protest after death George Freud In Minneapolis, people said Kaepernick should make another shot in the NFL.
When Kaepernick began to kneel in the 2016 national anthem, he said that it was “more important than football” and it could arouse people’s attention to “corpses on the street”.
Kaepernick said at the 2016 post-match press conference: “I will not stand up and be proud of the national flag of a country that oppresses blacks and people of color. For me, it’s more important than football, and it’s for me. From another perspective, it’s selfish. There are dead bodies on the street, and people get paid leave and get away with it.”
Weekly newspaper Kaepernick representatives were contacted 5 years ago, but they said his schedule was too busy to be interviewed.
Since both Newton and Kaepernick can serve any team that needs a signal caller, and some teams need a backup quarterback or better starting quarterback, here are the statistics and history of these two players.
age
Kaepernick: 33
Cam Newton: 32
Year/year drafting
Kaepernick: 49ers (2011, second round, 36th overall)
Cam Newton: Panthers (2011, first in the game)
University highlights
Kaepernick: Only NCAA QB passed 10,000 yards and sprinted 4,000 yards in his career (and still the only one). In 2010, he led Nevada to a 34-31 victory over Boise State University, ending the Broncos’ 24 winning streak.
Cam Newton: While leading the Tigers to a 14-0 record and national championship, together with Auburn, he won the 2010 Heisman Trophy and all major quarterbacks and player of the year awards. In 2009, Newton led Brin Academy to win the NJCAA national championship.
Super Bowl appearance
Kaepernick: (2012, lost to Baltimore)
Cam Newton: (2015, lost to New England)
Major National Football League Awards
Kaepernick: None
Cam Newton: 2015 NFL MVP
Career regular season record
Kaepernick: 28-30 (winning rate of 48%)
Cam Newton: 75-63-1 (54%)
Career playoff record
Kaepernick: 4-2 (66%)
Cam Newton: 3-4 (43%)
Professional passing yards
Kaepernick: 12,271
Cam Newton: 31,698
Professional pass touchdown
Kaepernick: 72
Cam Newton: 190
Career completion percentage
Kaepernick: 59.8
Cam Newton: 60.1
Seasons with more than 3,000 passing yards
Kaepernick: 2 out of 6 seasons
Cam Newton: 8 out of 10 seasons
Professional rush/touchdown
Kaepernick: 2,300 yards/13 TDs
Cam Newton: 5,398 yards/70 TDs
The drive to win the game
Kaepernick: 7
Cam Newton: 17
