Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, as he often does, accidentally revealed that his push to once again play in the league is little more than theater.
If you were trying to work your way back into the NFL, you’d no doubt be studying ceaselessly to learn about the league and its current players.
But Kaepernick, appearing at the WSJ Tech Live Conference in California this week, said he hasn’t watched a single game essentially since he voluntarily became a free agent.
“I haven’t watched a game in 8 years,” he said.
Not to worry, however. Kaepernick is knowledgeable of the league he allegedly wants back into because he follows stats on his sports app.
“Oh, I still check everybody’s stats. It also informs who my agent reaches out to, but I still check the stats. I see what’s going on,” he insists.
Colin Kaepernick Doesn’t Watch NFL Games, Doesn’t Want To Support Them
Aside from the tactical error (Why would someone wanting back into the league not attempt to learn something about how the modern quarterback plays?) – there is the disrespect.
You’re going to openly announce to anyone who will listen that you want to play in the NFL, but you refuse to support the league by adding one viewer to their ratings?
Colin Kaepernick said exactly that when discussing why he will not watch the games.
“I don’t ever turn a game on though, because I’m not gonna support in that way, but I need to keep my finger on the pulse of what’s happening with quarterbacks out there,” he added.
Bruh, there are about 100 million football fans who sit on their couch each week and check out stats on their phone. That doesn’t mean they have their ‘finger on the pulse’ of the QB position.
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He Doesn’t Really Want Back In
The now-36-year-old Kaepernick opted out of his contract with the San Francisco 49ers following the 2016 NFL season to pursue a career in activism.
Since then, he hasn’t watched a game. But rest assured, he misses playing football and will continue to train in the hopes that an NFL team will finally sign him.
Kap is training, saying his prayers, and eating his vitamins. But it’s the owners who are standing in the way. At least in his mind.
“At the end of the day, I don’t want to be in a position where I look back and have to question whether or not I gave it my all to try to pursue that,” he has said. “I will make sure that the reason I’m not playing is not because of my work ethic or commitment, but because I was held out of it.”
Work ethic though, doesn’t include studying game film. Commitment means “checking stats” on your cell.
Kaepernick became a figure of controversy when he began kneeling during the national anthem at NFL games in 2016 to protest racial injustice and police brutality. He led the 49ers to a 2-14 record that year, as it became clear he was less interested in football and more interested in the spotlight.
As one NFL insider recently said, Colin Kaepernick’s belief that he is a victim and could still play at an elite level and deliver a championship is “delusional.”
Maybe watch a few games and come back down to reality.
