Colin Kaepernick hasn’t performed within the NFL in 5 years, however he has spent that point sustaining the energy, pace, and expertise required of a professional quarterback on the sector. In 2019, Kaepernick revealed that he wakes up at 5 a.m. every single day for his exercises, displaying that he’s nonetheless primed to play. After sending a callout for gamers to run routes with him on Twitter, Kaepernick launched a brand new YouTube video capturing his coaching, a sequence of throwing drills with Seattle Seahawks vast receiver Tyler Lockett, proving that his arm has removed from atrophied.
Kaepernick opted out of his contract with the San Francisco 49ers after six seasons in 2017 after drawing criticism for his political activism. “My protest was the fruits of years of thought and experiences, of studying and unlearning,” Kaepernick stated in 2020. He started kneeling throughout the nationwide anthem earlier than video games in protest towards police brutality and racial inequality—a follow which has since change into extra standard amongst athletes however which led to backlash towards Kaepernick on the time—and has not been signed by a staff since.
Nevertheless, this new coaching session with Lockett has prompted some hypothesis amongst pundits that Kaepernick could possibly be about to make his long-awaited return to skilled soccer. One potential touchdown spot could possibly be with Lockett’s staff, the Seahawks. The membership appeared to contemplate signing Kaepernick again in 2017 when he turned a free agent, and introduced him in for a go to earlier than declining to supply him a contract. On the time, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll stated that he did not need to signal Kaepernick as a result of he considered the previous 49ers participant as a starter, and the staff already had a famous person QB in Russell Wilson. In 2020, the coach advised reporters he regretted not signing Kaepernick. “However there’s plenty of time right here,” Carroll stated in 2020. “We’ll see what occurs.”
