Exactly right. Kaep has never been below league-average in his career, and that's among starters--many of whom are still starting. He has a 2:1 career TD:INT ratio, which is excellent, and despite his record last year, he was widely acknowledged by his own teammates and the press as being the only reason SF was even competitive.

I could name at least a half-dozen starters whose jobs he could win right now, and another half-dozen who, if they were to be injured or otherwise miss time, would likely lose their job permanently to Kaep.

He has easily proven himself capable of starting in the NFL, and Cathal Kelly hasn't even addressed this in his claim that Kaep is merely a third-tier player. He's not. Never has been.