Take this one with a grain of driveway salt, but a sociologist with close ties to Colin Kaepernick says that three teams have contacted the quarterback since the start of free agency.
“They’ve asked, ‘Can he play? Does he want to play?’ “ Harry Edwards told USA Today’s Jarrett Bell. “The last question I can’t answer. The first question, absolutely. If Kaep makes up his mind, he wouldn’t only go in and make a team, he’d put pressure on somebody to start.”
Meanwhile, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation tell Mike Florio of PFT that no teams have made inquiries to the former 49ers QB or his reps. And, as noted by NBC Sports Bay Area, Kaepernick’s girlfriend also says the QB has not received interest from teams. There’s no way of knowing for sure, but it sounds like Edwards might not be as looped in as he claims to be.
Here’s more on Kaepernick and other items from the NFC West:
- The No. 1 reason Kaepernick is unsigned is that he is not considered to be a starting-caliber player by any NFL evaluator anymore, Albert Breer of The MMQB tweets. Breer went on to explain a hypothesis that we’ve heard many times before: Kaepernick’s controversial views could be overlooked if he was a starting-caliber player, but teams do not want their backup QB to be a potential distraction for the team. For what it’s worth, we learned on Thursday that Kaepernick is supposedly back to his playing weight of ~230 pounds.
- The Cardinals have five quarterbacks on the roster and they will be keeping all five of them for a while, a source tells Kent Somers of The Arizona Republic (on Twitter). In addition to starter Carson Palmer, the Cardinals also have Drew Stanton, new addition Blaine Gabbert, Zac Dysert, and Texas A&M product Trevor Knight under contract. It’s possible that the Cardinals see one or more of these players as trade bait. It’s also possible that the Cardinals just want to ensure that they come out of the summer with the two best backups for Palmer.
- The Rams waived quarterback Aaron Murray on Thursday, just two months after signing him.
- The Seahawks released cornerback Perrish Cox and a bunch of other players earlier this week.
You’d think a sociologist (if he was capable of doing his real job) would know IF Kaep wanted to play, not if he was still talented enough to play…he’s no talent evaluator. He should probably flip his statement if he desires any credibility.
he’s a sociologist not a psychologist or psychiatrist…
I was thinking the same thing. If u don’t know ur clients mental capacity then ur not doing ur job.
Warch the Football Life about Charles Haley and you’ll figure out what Harry really does. He’s a PhD version of “Ray Donovan”.
Kap can sit for a long time. Serves him right…not an accurate passer…he should go to CFL…Canada will welcome the punk with open arms.
It’s about time some sports players mouth got them in trouble if he would have shut up and played the game he’d have that big contract and be playing