If he got paid that much money, that's insane. Again, he got beaten out for a job by Blaine Gabbert. You're telling me he would have somehow made $60-$80 million over the last two years? He made $14.3 million his last year of playing. Let's say some team gave him a generous offer of $10 million a year for his next contract, despite how bad he was. He's now getting 3-4 times that as a settlement. I guess somehow that's attributed to some sort of "pain and suffering" or lost wages?
This has also given him a massive increase in popularity (again despite sucking on the field), resulting in the Nike and other endorsement deals. It's great to see the NFL look shitty, but it's funny how people portray Kaep as a victim here. He does seem like a genuinely good guy though, and hopefully he'll do a lot of charitable work with the money to further his causes.