While it would have gotten interesting if former 49ers coach ( and Kaepernick advocate) Jim Harbaugh had gotten the Minnesota job, Harbaugh remains at Michigan. Now that Wilson is gone, there’s no impediment to signing Kaepernick. They opted not to add Kaepernick to a depth chart led by Russell Wilson, possibly because the team that supposedly embraces competition didn’t want Wilson to have any. The Seahawks were the only team to bring Kaepernick in for a visit. The door has been closed in his face for five years. Regardless, five years removed from his decision to opt out of the last year of his 49ers contract - at a time when the 49ers otherwise would have cut him - it’s over. Were some in the media complicit in spreading bullshit narratives that allowed teams to justify ignoring him? Absolutely. Is it wrong that he was frozen out for so many years? Yes. Why would anyone want a quarterback who hasn’t played in five years, especially in light of the inevitably hostile reaction from 30 percent of the fan base if he’s signed at this point? If no team was willing to sign him in 2017, 2018, or 2019, no one will be signing him three years later. The ability of the NFL to shun Kaepernick for five years slams the door on any effort to return now. (It’s unclear why anonymity is needed for that specific piece of information it’s hardly a state secret.) It’s still not happening. Sure, Schefty quoted an anonymous source who says Kaepernick is in the best shape of his life. Yes, he posted a workout video on Thursday. There’s no way that any team will sign him at this point, not after he has gone half of a decade without playing football of any kind. Five years of collusion later, the NFL has won. Starting five years ago, the NFL wrongfully colluded against Colin Kaepernick.
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