The Ravens have interest in Colin Kaepernick. Coach John Harbaugh confirmed to reporters that the team is planning to bring in another quarterback and signing Kaepernick “depends on what Kaepernick wants to do,” (Twitter link via Jeff Zrebiec of The Baltimore Sun). 
“I’ve known Colin through my brother for many years. And we talked and then got to know him very well when he scrimmaged here. He and I have been talking throughout the summer a number of times,” Harbaugh said. “We had some great conversations on the phone and it’s really been a pleasure to talk to him and get to know him. I like history and politics too, and we’ve had some debates, and it’s been fun. And he’s a great guy. He’s a guy right now that’s being talked about. We’ll just see what happens with that. Only speculation right now. He’s a really good football player and like I said, I do believe he’ll be playing int he National Football League this year.”
Reading between the lines, it sounds like the Ravens have made at least an informal offer to Kaepernick and he is mulling it over. If that’s the case, it’s possible that Kaepernick is looking for more in the way of base guarantees or incentives in the event that he takes a significant number of snaps this year.
Still, beggars can’t be choosers and Kaepernick might not have a ton of other options at the moment. Until now, the Seahawks were the only team willing to go on record with interest in Kaepernick, though the two sides did not exchange offers after his workout in June. If Kaepernick declines an opportunity to join up with Baltimore, he may have to wait for a QB injury elsewhere in the league to get his next chance.
From a pure football perspective, Kaepernick may be the most talented QB remaining on the open market. However, teams continue to shy away from him because of the specter of a locker room distraction. The Ravens may be the club to finally put a stop to the Kaepernick saga and give him an opportunity for 2017.
Flacco, Ryan Mallett, and Dustin Vaughan are currently the only quarterbacks on the Ravens’ roster. Vaughan, 26, has never taken a snap in an NFL game.
Hopefully you’re serious
A year that is very important to determining both Harb’s n Ozzie’s futures w/Baltimore is starting out in very turbulent waters…..a starting QB who is grossly overpaid n destroys ur cap ability(Oz) has bum back as camp opens, backs can be terrible lingering injuries, especially 4 a 6’6 QB, the kid u want to be ur starting RB just had knee surgery n is done for yr, ur starting C John Urschel quit today, u lost a verbal team leader in Steve Smith, also lost run stuffing ILB n team leader in tackles Orr, have roughly under a million under cap space left for any roster moves(Oz), n now ur considering adding Kaepernick as band-aid……Bisciotti has had enough, anything less than play-offs, maybe even good run in post-season n organization will be going in new direction….he fired a SB winning HC 1 yr into a 4 yr 20mill contract, Billick, guaranteed money(Oz told em to offer that contract) this owner is not about mediocrity, n Ravs have losing record since their SB win vs 9ers, only made play-offs once in last 4 yrs……he’s already put them on notice, desperate times in Bmore……storms a brewing in the Chesapeake….
Wow didn’t know that bad! Ozzie keeps getting media hype of how he’s the best , well maybe he’s slowing down? Be aware harbaughs and their brother in law Crean tend to eventually wear out there welcomes, just sayn