This week, the NFL redesigned its website and designated Colin Kaepernick as “retired” on his player page. Kaepernick’s girlfriend Nessa took notice and at-mentioned the league in a tweet on Friday. But, on Saturday morning, the league updated Kaep’s page to show that he is a UFA (an unrestricted free agent).
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Kaepernick did not retire from professional football, but it’s hard to see him getting another opportunity in the NFL at this point. The quarterback will turn 33 in November and he hasn’t played in more than three years – his last live snap was on January 1, 2017.
Late last year, the league organized an open workout for Kaepernick, which took the entire football world by surprise. The planned audition caught Kaepernick off-guard, too – they didn’t give much notice to the longtime 49ers star, and he responded by no-showing the showcase at the Falcons’ facility and holding his own personal combine at a different location in Georgia. The NFL’s original workout reportedly would have seen executives from 25 teams in attendance. At the new location, attendance was sparse.
Afterwards, Kaepernick’s camp sent footage of the workout to all 32 teams. There were no bites, and it’s hard to imagine that his chances of landing a deal have improved. Still, Kaepernick says he wants to return to the NFL.
“My desire to play football is still there,” Kaepernick said in February. “I still train five days a week. I’m ready to go, I’m ready for a phone call, tryout, workout at any point in time. I’m still waiting on the owners and their partners to stop running from this situation. So I hope I get a call this offseason. I’ll be looking forward to it.”
In the meantime, Kaepernick says he will continue his initiatives for social justice. Later this year, he’ll release a memoir in conjunction with Audible.
oh good grief. like owners would be fooled by that.
“I’m still waiting on the owners and their partners to stop running from this situation.”
This might have something to do with why they haven’t called..
Is his girlfriend now his agent?
Agent, Manager and basically all things Puppet Master related!…been pulling those strings for years smh
I hope not. Calling the Ravens owner, who was the first owner to hire a black gm in Ozzy Newsome, racist cost him a potential job.
Worst. Agent. Ever.
“My desire to play football is still there. I still train five days a week. I’m ready to go, I’m ready for a phone call, tryout, workout at any point in time. I’m still waiting on the owners and their partners to stop running from this situation. So I hope I get a call this offseason. I’ll be looking forward to it.”
-Colin Kaepernick, August, 2041
Hub, I’m still laughing. Great post.
It’ll be the epitah on his tombstone
I too am still waiting for my call. I too still train 5 days a week. And I too am at a point in my career where only my woman will represent me , as a commission on ZERO , is still zero!
She takes a cut of his previous contract.
*insert eye roll emoji*
Not NFL relevant. This guy has the best timing that whenever his name starts to fade, it magically finds a way back in the news.
Be on the look out for news from Antonio Briwn now.
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C’mon man…if he wanted to play he’d have shown up for his workout at the Falcons facility. The interview afterward was even more laughable. Everything he’s done the last 4+ years shows he has no interest in playing.
Exactly…if he really wants to play football he would have tried out for the AAF or XFL…but his salary demands made it a non-starter for both leagues
Or even the CFL has been active the 3 previous seasons
Exactly. He doesn’t want to play. He just wants the public to continue to believe he does so he can continue to claim he’s being shutout from the league.
If he actually took a field, we’d all see the effects of age and rust on a formerly mobile QB who was simply average at best in his prime. It’d shatter the facade.
I wish that he would just go away, NFL should just take him off their website he’s not even relevant in the league anymore
I really am sick of hearing about this clown. He isn’t in the NFL not because of his kneeling, plenty of other athletes knelt and are still playing. It’s because he is a 1 trick pony. Going 3-16 in his last couple seasons while having one of the worst offenses in the NFL is the reason, whether people choose to accept this or not
This is the truth. While he may be good enough for a roster spot, he also isn’t a talent that is impossible for a team to pass up. AB is a much better player and unemployed too.
AB has a slew of legal issues that teams don’t want to touch. Once those are dealt with and his impending suspension because of them, there is no doubt some team will pick him up until he whines more on said team.
Kaep has had chances to come back also. Major reason he is still warming the couch? Because he wanted starter money for backup roles.
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5. Vernon Maxwell: Strideright
4. Hakeem Olojuwon: Spalding
3. Bryant Reeve’s: LA Gear
2. Randy Duck: Jordache
1. Mark Madsen: Ellese/Adibas (Turkey’s version of Addidas)
Entire list is bunk.
1- afro wannabe Colin “my rich white adopted parents payed my way to the NFL” Kaepernick.
2- who cares.
Who gives a rats ass shat his status is…BFD!!
* what
Who?
I served 6 years and could care less if during the national anthem he had a pylon sticking out of his ass. He is a civilian and can do whatever he wants. All these fake Keyboard patriots that do nothing more than buy an “ I support the troops” bumper sticker that was made in China are far worse than Kaepernick ever was or will be.
Sounds like you need to find Avalon…
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I have a lot of family that served in the armed forces, and all of them take issue to kneeling for the National Anthem. There are so many other peaceful ways you can protest other than kneeling for and disrespecting our national anthem.
Then you are in the minority of servicemen (assuming you aren’t one of these ‘keyboard patriots’ since it is virtually impossible to prove) that *couldn’t care less.
My nephew served overseas. a handful of classmates have as well. None of them are in the “couldn’t care less” category. Oh, a few of them are Black, so wasn’t a racist conclusion
Did you take a poll of servicemen? I have two really good friends who did tours. Both don’t really care that he kneeled. One isn’t exactly a fan of Kaepernick but still believes in his right to peacefully protest, exactly like any good American should.
Are they married to each other?
What did you go to prison for 6 years for?
If you actually served you would understand actions have consequences. His actions made him unemployable. He did whatever he wanted and now he is suffering the consequences. Talk about a “keyboard warrior”. Pun very much intended.
Jokes of the day: Colin Kaepernick and him trying to get back into the NFL
I don’t care what his official “status” is as long as he’s gone. If he were to sign he’d be exposed as the non-issue he really is and would quickly be irrelevant…and he knows it.
Liar
Typical response to legitimate argument. Calling someone a liar doesn’t make it so. Refute his statement or accept your own ignorance.
The guy did not spend one minute in the military because if he did he knows he took an oath to always honor and defend that flag. There was a Steelers player a couple years ago that had to break off from the team because he knows the oath he took
I’m wondering what the legal ramifications would be if he signed with a team. He accepted money from the NFL in a settlement of his collusion case. Could the NFL go after that money stating that the case was obviously fraudulent since he is now employed by them?
Until the NFL adopts the anti American football conference, retired is correct. Forced retirement is retirement nonetheless.
Useless piece of drivel……he is allowed his right to protest……but, apparently the majority doesn’t accept or condone his frivolous claims of racism or collusion……the courts might rule in his favor….. but, who accepts the majority of the tainted judicial system rulings. Kap sympathies with the left….but, apparently his audience is still pro-American and does not accept his rhetoric.
Bye bye to bad you did your stand the wrong way. So many other respectful ways you could have done it. You have a nice sofa arm
The girlfriend didn’t do him a favor by changing his status. If retired he would be eligible for induction into Canton…lol.