{"id":2029556,"date":"2023-09-12T16:35:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T20:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/team-kaepernick-capitalizes-on-rodgers-injury-is-the-anthem-protester-returning-to-the-nfl\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T16:38:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T20:38:39","slug":"team-kaepernick-capitalizes-on-rodgers-injury-is-the-anthem-protester-returning-to-the-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/team-kaepernick-capitalizes-on-rodgers-injury-is-the-anthem-protester-returning-to-the-nfl\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaepernick&#8217;s Team Seizes Opportunity with Rodgers&#8217; Injury: NFL Comeback for Anthem Protester?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteam-kaepernick-capitalizes-on-rodgers-injury-is-the-anthem-protester-returning-to-the-nfl%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029556&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Is Colin Kaepernick a top 32 quarterback in today\u2019s NFL?<\/h2>\n<p>Despite not having played an NFL snap since Jan. 1, 2017, the former \u2062San\u200d Francisco 49er\u200d and\u200d his supporters have clung tight to\u2064 the idea that he should be \u200ba quarterback in the league \u2014 and preferably\u200c a starter.<\/p>\n<p>The funny thing is, when the league has \u200bits full assortment of starting quarterbacks, you don\u2019t hear the\u2064 outcries about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/colin-kaepernick-digging-deeper-hole-just-said-white-adoptive-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kaepernick<\/a> nearly as much \u2014 suggesting\u2063 that the man who brought us national \u200canthem protests is not, in fact, a top 32 quarterback in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>However, the NFL decidedly\u200d does <em>not <\/em>have its full assortment of starting quarterbacks with \u2063the catastrophic Achilles rupture that New York\u200c Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered on \u201cMonday Night\u2063 Football\u201d against the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aaron-rodgers-kicks-off-monday-night-football-epic-display-patriotism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rodgers<\/a> will miss the \u200brest of this \u2062season \u2014 and possibly beyond, given the severity of his injury and his relatively \u2064advanced sports \u200dage.<\/p>\n<p>But\u2062 while Jets fans\u200d were wallowing in misery in the immediate aftermath of the Rodgers injury (the team would go \u2063on\u200d to win the\u2062 game in thrilling \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-first-monday-night-football-game-year-marred-glaring-missed-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controversial<\/a> \u2014 fashion\u200b in overtime), some NFL punditry \u200dsaw the perfect chance to push the idea of Kaepernick suiting up in the NFL after over six \u200cyears.<\/p>\n<p>One \u200dof the most vocal proponents of the \u206235-year-old \u200bpolitical activist\u2019s return \u2064to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-weeknd-reveals-why-his-performers-wore-bandages-at-the-super-bowl\/\" title=\"The Weeknd Reveals Why His Performers Wore Bandages At The Super Bowl\">football field<\/a> came from former ESPN host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/college-footballs-first-awesome-upset-immediately-ruined-jemele-hill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jemele Hill<\/a> \u2064in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/team-kaepernick-capitalizes-on-rodgers-injury-is-the-anthem-protester-returning-to-the-nfl\/\" title=\"Kaepernick's Team Seizes Opportunity with Rodgers' Injury: NFL Comeback for Anthem Protester?\">poorly veiled social media post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There\u2019s a QB right there in New Jersey who took a team to a Super Bowl and a\u2064 NFC championship \u2062game. Rhymes with Happernick.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jemele Hill \u2062(@jemelehill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jemelehill\/status\/1701413722848448825?\">September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When called out on X \u200bthat when \u200dNFL \u200bfans last saw Kaepernick, he was struggling \u2064to \u2062keep a starting position\u200c against 49ers journeyman backup Blaine Gabbert, Hill \u200cwent on the \u200ddefensive:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Think you mean the \u2063same QB\u200d who was hurt and then reclaimed his starting spot as soon as he was healthy. I know this will shock you, but most QBs need to be surrounded with good players. And when he no longer had that\u200c terrific\u200b defense in his last season, \u200che threw ::checks notes::\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cl23GTDMDT\">https:\/\/t.co\/cl23GTDMDT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jemele \u2063Hill (@jemelehill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jemelehill\/status\/1701421945273905279?\">September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, it appears that \u2062Hill\u2019s prognosticating \u200bmight\u200d be a \u2062precursor to the\u2064 real thing.<\/p>\n<p>NFL reporter Jordan \u200cSchultz reported\u200c Tuesday that Kaepernick was ready to be a\u200c Jet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I just spoke with Colin Kaepernick, who tells \u2062me his agent has reached \u200dout to the #Jets \u200cabout his \u200cdesire to\u200c make an NFL return. Kaepernick remains on the West Coast working out. \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4yQ0FASqBh\">pic.twitter.com\/4yQ0FASqBh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jordan Schultz\u2062 (@Schultz_Report) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Schultz_Report\/status\/1701640086356636049?\">September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It \u2064remains to be seen if the Jets\u200b have reciprocated any \u200dof that \u2063same interest, as the team has not announced how it plans to replace Rodgers on the\u200b depth chart.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-brewing-crisis-biden-faces-worsening-dilemma-over-warehousing-kids-at-the-southern-border-report-says\/\" title=\"\u2018A Brewing Crisis\u2019: Biden Faces \u2018Worsening Dilemma\u2019 Over \u2018Warehousing Kids\u2019 At The Southern Border, Report Says\">current backup<\/a> and nominal starter, Zach Wilson,\u200c is largely \u200bderided as a massive bust, so the team could\u2064 certainly shop for an improvement.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not clear that Kaepernick would be a demonstrable improvement over other unemployed\u2063 quarterbacks who have played \u2014 at\u200c a high level \u2014 more recently than him.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you think Kaepernick could\u200d suit up for an NFL team in 2023?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The\u2064 Western Journal news updates\u2064 free \u2063of charge. 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quarterbacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The New York Jets have started to reach out\u200c to veteran free-agent\u2062 quarterbacks, per sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DMRussini\/status\/1701633230649040972?\">September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If the Jets do add\u200d another quarterback, the team will have precious little \u2064time to integrate him,\u2064 as \u200cthe team travels to Dallas to face the \u2064high-powered\u200c Cowboys \u2062on \u2062Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/team-kaepernick-capitalizes-rodgers-injury-anthem-protester-returning-nfl\/\">Team\u2063 Kaepernick Capitalizes on Rodgers Injury: Is the Anthem Protester \u200dReturning to the NFL?<\/a> \u2064appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u200dWestern Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>question is framed in terms of talent and ability, Kaepernick is undoubtedly a top 32 quarterback. 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