4/28/2023 0 Comments Collin kap![]() ![]() The time to make a political statement of any sort regarding Kaepernick and his right to free speech and protected protest has long passed. While the league's collective decision to turn its back on Kaepernick, after his stance regarding police brutality and kneeling during the national anthem last season, is clearly in large degree political, let's not pretend that whichever team loses its starting passer and eventually pays Kaepernick to play football is making anything other than a business decision. It's clear now that Kaepernick is only going to be signed once he's viewed as the last man standing in the weak and tattered backup quarterback market, and the fact that this will come months after guys like Mark Sanchez, Geno Smith, EJ Manuel and Case Keenum were given another shot is downright preposterous. It will be because Kaepernick was seen as the last, perhaps only, thing between salvaging a season and it falling into the abyss. It won't be because some owner now sees the inherent hypocrisy of teams welcoming in a stream of rookies with significant legal or criminal issues at a time when a quarterback with a lifetime rating of 88.9 with 85 combined total touchdowns to 30 interceptions can't get a phone call from a general manager. Whenever Kaepernick is extended a contract offer, it won't be because some organization has reached a point where it is now willing to send a signal to the rest of the league about what is right or wrong, or what should or should not be held against a qualified potential employee. Whenever some team is desperate enough to sign a 29-year-old former Super Bowl quarterback who thinks beyond himself and is on a quest to try to make his community, and the world, a better place, it will be a business decision. We'll likely hear about this team not being a sheep, and breaking from the NFL herd, which is often tainted by backward groupthink anyway. Or he will be applauded for being "progressive" enough to sign the overly qualified backup quarterback. Some owner will be lauded for being "gutsy" enough to sign Colin Kaepernick. At some point, amid a small but vocal backlash, the platitudes will come.
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