If the league office really wants Colin Kaepernick to be employed, they have ways to make a team sign him, Mike Florio of PFT writes. Florio points to the league’s efforts to get Michael Sam, the league’s first openly gay draft pick, on to a practice squad three years ago. Ultimately, after making a number of calls, the Cowboys agreed to give Sam a gig.
The NFL has been known to make wink-wink deals with teams when they want to get something done, and the league could encourage a team to sign Kaepernick by promising a future chance to host the Super Bowl or an exemption from having to do HBO’s Hard Knocks or something similar. But, with the season opener rapidly closing in, it remains to be seen whether commissioner Roger Goodell will pull some strings to get Kaepernick a contract.
Here’s the latest on No. 7:
- Mike Sando of ESPN.com spoke with a number of coaches and talent evaluators to try and get some insight on the Kaepernick situation. Multiple people indicated that they are unsure about Kaepernick’s commitment to football since they have not heard from him directly. “Everyone else is worried about him working, but I never hear him say how much he wants to work,” this voter said. “That hits a chord. People want to hear, ‘I want to work in the league, I want to work for you, I want to do this more than anything.’ It’s like with Tim Tebow — he’d rather be on the outside switching sports than be relegated to the [third team] and getting 20 percent of the reps.” Some also indicated that a similarly talented player playing a different position would have been signed by now. Kaepernick is left waiting, some say, because teams expect leadership from quarterbacks and there is fear that his personal agenda could come ahead of the team’s overall purpose.
- There was a sizable rally outside of NFL headquarters this week in support of Kaepernick, but the commissioner informed the “United We Stand” coalition that he could not meet at this time (Twitter link via ESPN.com’s Josina Anderson). Although the group was unable to have an audience with Goodell, the rally did succeed in generating a great deal of media attention. The buzz generated from the rally may put some additional pressure on the league office to find Kaepernick a team for 2017.
- The NFLPA has been in contact with Kaepernick’s reps.
sando’s piece is bang on. everybody argues conspiracy but kaepernick has said NOTHING! I applaud the guy for wanting there to be change in the country but I too question his commitment to the sport vs the cause.
Keep applauding while the majority of us who have the facts (which obviously Colin did not when he made his anti police stand) will applaud other sports if the NFL can’t find a way to fix this shot before it snowballs and gets worse and they lose middle americas paycheck.
Mike Sando is great, always has been, and I agree this piece is spot on! Media (most) want to make stories about things other than the truth that will incite more clicks and views.
The league should have no influence on any of the teams regarding the signing of any player. Which makes the whole idea of the idiots standing outside headquarters yesterday absolutely dumb. I’m guessing the crowd moved back over to Trump Towers.
If they believe he is being blackballed they have every right to stand outside the office
but the league has ALOT of influence
awwwwww,,,, poor baby
I think it’ll take an injury to a starting QB for Kaep to get a shot.
Didn’t happen in Miami.
I really wish u guys would PLEASE give it a rest….yea, we get it, he is a red hot boiling point topic n u guys feel the need to run a story, any story, so u can put his name up n stir it up…..u r becoming as bad as our far right n far left media pushing their own agendas…..think I’ll reset my TR settings to baseball only for awhile…..thanks, over it.
If Kaep signs as a backup, we’ll probably start hearing how he’s better than the starter but is being relegated to backup because of his views.
HOF after that….if all the racist owners had only given him the opportunity to play, his induction would have been a no-brainer……plus the whole bringing peace to the Middle East thing…..we live in blessed times too share the world w/this wonderful being…..PLEASE.
Right on Sam
How are you saying racist owners when there are a lot of black players playing ….. a lot!
billypucks your the only 1 who gets me….thanks, your alright !
For real I couldn’t agree more man your spot on
This is ridiculous. If a team doesn’t want him, they shouldn’t have to take him. Period.
Want to alienate the veterans, or families and friends of someone who died in the military? It’s easy, just act like an asshole during the national anthem.
How about openly encouraging killing law enforcement officers…..? Praising all the wonderful accomplishments of communist tyrant Fidel Castro….?
You nailed it Sam! The Cuban community in Miami would have went nuts if they signed this clown also.
LA SAM, he’s a dumbass and you are too
That hurts bubba….thought we were friends…..
Wow, being disparaged by someone named bubba…funny, I commend you and your 1 bold sentence w/o a period at the end of it, know it was a very arduous undertaking for you w/sounding it all out before you could type it…..and now I have compounded your day as you will have to ponder what disparage and arduous mean…..yeehaw.
Bubba, he’s being sarcastic here and not standing for this pos who refuses too but the opposite.
Great picture.
LoL
side note: interesting how there is indication that the NFL may recognize that “hard knocks” is basically a punishment for something (sometimes off-the-record scenarios).
Why are we soooo worried about this,is there another reason,very .
People ever think that maybe it’s not all bull sh stuff he says or does but the fact he wants to be paid top dollar maybe he should come down on his asking price
Or……the fact that he STILL can’t read a defense, when he does have wide open receivers he tries to throw everything 100 miles an hour and his passes sail high or bounce 5 ft in front of target, film don’t lie, and very often when his 1st receiver is not open he gets his happy feet dancing and doesn’t allow play too develop before he’s off too the races….oh yea plus the whole Ahole thing.
That’s just it. And he doesn’t really say or do anything, he’s taken an extremely passive approach to such extremism. He sat on the bench sulking about losing his job, people gave him this alibi 3 weeks into it and the cause got behind him. He wore those disrespectful socks with the pigs wearing police hats and 3 weeks later somebody noticed them in some photo archives so again it had to be part of his stance. He restructured his deal a couple times and then opted out of a contract in a place that accepted him to then look for a job at a much lower price and no guarantees anybody would want him. He’s shown no desire, no fire to compete and instead prefers to try and come off as a martyr here. NFL owners have hired criminals, rapists, dog killers, woman beaters, drug dealers and on and on so long as they can contribute.
Maybe others who have taken a knee should take a look at the backlash that Colin is getting. Unless you are a star player who wins games (like Kaepernick used to), ownership is not willing to put up with your distractions.
And yet for the many players that have said and done things in regards to this have not had any problems and none have lost their jobs because of it. Do you think he’s just not that good? He’s looking for too much money for the roles available? Sounds like he needs a new agent.
Haaa, what agent would take em…? Should let his mouthy GF represent em as she calls owners slave holders…..Teams won’t sign em cause the juice ain’t worth the squeeze….n he did it to himself.
If I misunderstood LA then I’m wrong, but as a veteran I can’t deal with folks like Kap
As a veteran, I can’t deal with veterans who have forgotten the MAIN reason they fight to protect their country and free speech.
Not all Veterans think like you do tsolid or like bubba 66. I can say for myself what he is doing is well within his Constitutional Rights and yes that is why I served for 30 years to defend those rights. However, being “right” doesn’t necessarily mean it is “right!” I support the “why” he feels compelled to make a spectacle over his convictions, but I also question his motives. What he has done and what every NFL Player following in his footsteps has done has fueled the fire to divide this Country and provide more unnecessary news for the already corrupt News Media to use against building a stronger, United Country that we should be focusing on. Nuff said!
My bad bubba, believe we’re on same page….I as well am of the opinion the guy is a parasite. We need his protest supporters to organize, “A We’ll All Jump Off A Bridge If He Doesn’t Get An NFL Job Day,” n let it all work out…..sorry 4 our misunderstanding, it’s all good. Thanks 4 ur service !
Since when have we heard Kaepernick say anything like “I’ll play for the league minimum…I’ll be a backup…I just want a chance to prove myself”?
He’s got all these fools wrapped around his fingers, doing all the drama for him.
Exactly!!!
He was starting his 6th season in professional football when this started to occur. He never donated a dime of his money or minute of his time to any of these causes prior to the cause getting behind him. Since then he’s blown out the ‘fro, taken a knee and kept silent while everyone else does it for him.
He was NEVER a social activist until a never has-been scrub QB came in n beat him out on his own tm…..then he sulked like the worst crybaby in Lil Lge, AND made it about himself. Dbag w/marginal talent
Yup, been saying this too but the argument is he wasn’t “woke” yet. Maybe or maybe he was just looking for a way to steal some spotlight back since nobody was talking about him going into the start of the season.
It seems to have worked though since everyone cares what Kaep thinks even though he hasn’t really done anything for his “cause” other than making blanket statements. I don’t recall him marching anywhere, joining protestors/counter protestors or even making a statement on what’s going on right now.
He’s just not that smart of a person. He cries about injustices in this country but wears the pop classic shirt with Che Guevara on it, a person responsible for many murders and a big piece of one of the most oppressive regimes ever known to mankind.
the truth is he not that great a player very inconsistant mmj
He appears to have no desire to play, probably way out of shape, and wearing pig socks and a Castro shirt. Yep, I want him on my team. Has to be the biggest knucklehead around.
This could all be solved by having teams stay in locker room till after anthem.
That’s exactly what they use to do, until the NFL started charging the armed services MILLIONS for pre-game activities. Don’t see the so-called “PATRIOTS” being outraged about that.
He was never an activist until he got together with his girlfriend. Very suspicious.
I still can’t get over the picture TR has. Best fro of all time. How the heck can he put his helmet on?
Right to hire. Right to fire. The owners saw what he cost the league last year with respect to league wide lower ratings and loss of money. I back the Conspiracy. If it continues this year with others….the league will suffer even more. Keep politics out of sports.
I just don’t understand why these guys can’t hold a press conference to talk about social issues instead of disrespecting the flag they way they do.they should do it on their own time when they’re not getting paid by the owners.
A judge in Cleveland Ohio said he would never attend another Browns game because 12 of them kneeled during the anthem. There is one season ticket holder driven away.
Ironic a judge condemns free speech
Or someone pays 4 Browns tickets….
Theyhave a right to kneel and he has a right to not attend any more games if it offends him.
Free speech man, as an officer I don’t like the pig socks and the Castro shirt, but he has the RIGHT to do so. Now while Jones is mad about Elliot getting a suspension for domestic abuse, but teams refuse to sign Kap because of his views is crazy. I think IF Kap is fit and has the ability to play, he should play, if teams keep players who hits women, then a person using the first amendment should be allowed too
“Quarterback Colin Kaepernick has opted out of his contract, the San Francisco 49ers announced Friday afternoon. The quarterback is now a free agent.
In 2016, Kaepernick restructured the deal the 49ers gave him when they were convinced he was the franchise quarterback. He gave up $14.5 million in injury guarantees for the ability to opt out of his deal at the end of the year.”
He had a contract, and one that paid well. He chose to opt out and spin the wheel on a better deal. He lost! So tired of him being played as the innocent victim.
Tell WHOLE story, FOOL.
Yes,” Lynch said regarding whether Kaepernick would have been cut if he hadn’t opted out, “and we had that conversation with him. So I don’t want to characterize it as he made a decision to leave here. We both sat down and under that current construct of his deal, it was a big number. [Coach] Kyle [Shanahan] had a vision for what he wanted to do, and one thing I think Kyle was very clear and I think Colin appreciated, is that Kyle has an idea of how he’d play with Colin Kaepernick. But he preferred to run the exact offense that he ran in Atlanta last year that was record-breaking in this league. A
Yes his wannabe clown sideshow was gone no matter what…..n today he finds himself in exile from the league. Only victims here were fans tryin to watch an NFL gm while dodging our real lives n grown-up responsibilities for a few relaxing minutes…..when jobless wonder boy starts traveling the country to entertain u w/his views at the local high school gym…..buy a ticket FOOL.
You mad b/c he’s a jobless millionaire while you work your hourly wage?? Let’s see… who’s the fool??
Please…..if u had bothered to read the 60ish somewhat intelligent back-n-forth replies from this stale day ol topic, u wouldn’t have to ask…only reason I post today was I saw ur “cute” incredibly insightful, witty remark after subject seemed to have already been covered, it’s all bout timing…..plus I’m allergic too idiots, my cross to bare. Enjoy ur Kap shrine….
Learn how to use To instead Too before you call someone an IDIOT.
I posted what I posted today b/c somehow you dummies love saying that that Kap “Opted” out of his contract, when anyone with any common sense or google knows he was gonna get released. NICE try though.
Bro Kap Got Cut !!!! Team frm most liberal city in NFL said…..go away, before that he let incredible NFL BUST Blaine come in n in 1 camp, learning whole new system, new playbook, take his job simply cause he can run an NFL type O, I’d be UPSET n suicidal if that happened to me too, BUT I wouldn’t become Capt. Crybaby Everybody Look @Me….I’m still very good…..It’s Cause I’m Black…..n has nothing to do w/fact that the only play u can call is run-option, Nevada sm school college plays……that or I “pretend” it’s a pass w/deep drop…..THEN run like a chicken minus the head, hopefully I get past the backers n into space, other than those cpl plays coach, I Am What I Am, play is Run Kap Run on 2, ready break…….he does walk on water though. U already know…..
And a thousand pardons for any grammar errors, my secretary is usually my proof reader, I’ll try harder…..n u ! Someone’s gettin a sticker !!! We’re all proud.
No worries LA MICHAEL SAM
He opted out of his contract prior to being released, kind of like that FOOL solid quitting his job at McDonald’s before he got fired for burning the fries again. He showed them, he quit first!
You are what you eat… you prob like Black Hammers though
So does yo momma genius
And you know this to be 100% factual information? We all can speculate whether he would or would not have been released but unless you have the newer version of my “Crystal Ball” all mine said was “maybe!”
And he was going to get cut because this moron re-worked his contract after already re-working his contract which was done in a way he was pretty much guaranteed to get cut. So, not only is he pretty dumb (even Jim Brown thinks so), his agent is dumb and ought to be fired.
The guy is his girlfriends tool.
All you need to know about the guy is that he was complaining about injustice and oppression and yet he wears the T-shirt of Castro. What a joke. Plus the guy has never registered to vote in his life. LOL
One last thing, if the cameras didn’t show these guys kneeling and the media didn’t report it I’m sure it would probably stop quickly. Don’t give these guys the attention that they are craving.
Exactly!
Yes, what he is doing is well within his Constitutional Rights and yes that is why I served for 30 years to defend those rights. However, being “right” doesn’t necessarily mean it is “right!” I support the “why” he feels compelled to make a spectacle over his convictions, but I also question his motives. What he has done and what every NFL Player following in his footsteps has done has fueled the fire to divide this Country even more than it already is. The corrupt news media loves this type of storyline to use it against building a stronger, more United Country that we should be focusing on.