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Mark Gaughan's Power Take: Check out the scrubs who have jobs ahead of Colin Kaepernick
Colin Kaepernick. (Getty Images)
By Mark Gaughan|Published Wed, Aug 16, 2017 |Updated Tue, Sep 5, 2017
Remember when Doug Flutie played for the Bills and we all said: "How on earth did the NFL conclude he wasn't better than some of the 90 quarterbacks in the league the past 10 years?"
There are 118 quarterbacks in NFL camps. How is Colin Kaepernick, who took a talented, well-coached team to the Super Bowl, not better than some of them? Kaepernick has been afforded one stop in his career.
Here are dubious current starters and their number of NFL: stops: Josh McCown (10), Brian Hoyer (7), Brock Osweiler (3), Mike Glennon (2).
Here are just some of the No. 2s and their stops: Ryan Fitzpatrick (7), Kellen Clemens (5), Case Keenum (5), Mark Sanchez (5), Drew Stanton (4), Derek Anderson (4), Scott Tolzein (4), Ryan Mallett (3), Matt Simms (3), Geno Smith (2).
Here are some No. 3s or 4s: Josh Johnson (11), Thad Lewis (9), Luke McCown (7), Dan Orlovsky (6), T.J. Yates (5), Matt Barkley (4), Blaine Gabbert (3), EJ Manuel and Jeff Driskel (2).
Josh McCown, Gabbert, McCoy, Tolzein and Driskel previously served as backups to Kaepernick.
Kaepernick should have a job.
Story topics: Colin Kaepernick/ Doug Flutie
Mark Gaughan – Mark Gaughan has been a sports writer at The Buffalo News for 35 years. He covers the Bills and the NFL and is a past president of the Pro Football Writers of America, as well as a past selector for Pro Football Hall of Fame.