Breaking: Colin Kaepernick is scheduled to work out this week for the Las Vegas Raiders, league sources told AdamSchefter. Kaepernick last played professional football in 2016.
Another potential link to Kaepernick is Raiders offensive coordinator Mick Lombardi, who was a 49ers assistant from 2013-2016., Kaepernick noted that both of his former Niners coaches, Harbaugh and Chip Kelly, said he"made the locker room better," contrasting a narrative that he would be a distraction for any team that signs him.
"That 2016 season, my last year, my teammates voted me most courageous and inspirational player," he said."So, when you're talking about the people that are in the building, that has never come out that I've been a distraction. That's never come out that I've been an issue for the people I've played with." Kaepernick also said in the interview that today's NFL should be more"in alignment" with his social views, given the league's stance on other matters pertaining to race relations in the U.S. "You have 'End Racism' in the back of your end zone. You have 'Black Lives Matter' on your helmet. Everything I've said should be in alignment with what you're saying publicly," he said."It's a $16 billion business. When I first took a knee, my jersey went to No. 1. When I did the deal with Nike, their value increased by six billion dollars. Six billion. With a B. "... So if you're talking about the business side, it shows [it's] beneficial. If you're talking about the playing side, come in, let me compete. You can evaluate me from there. The NFL's supposed to be a meritocracy. Come in, let me compete. If I'm not good enough, get rid of me. But let me come in and show you." Kaepernick said he ultimately wants to win a championship after coming so close with the 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII, where San Francisco fell one play short in a 34-31 loss to the
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