There's been a ton of speculation about Colin Kaepernick and why he remains unsigned. Given his national anthem protest, he's too controversial. He's on a vegan diet and has lost weight. He wants too much money.
Now, Peter King at MMQB hears another theory that sounds credible: Kapernick is done with the NFL. King wrote:
I spent a long draft weekend with the Niners in California, and there are those in the building who think Kaepernick might actually rather do social justice work full-time than play quarterback.
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There's some evidence of that. Kaepernick has purchased a place in New York City, and has already engaged in social activism work. For example, he gave 100 men's suits to a parole office so recently released prisoners would have something to wear on job interviews, King noted. He also wrote:
It's crazy that a quarterback who four years ago was coming off a Super Bowl appearance and looked to be a long-term answer has no team now and no hot NFL prospects that anyone can see.
Wouldn't it be something if the narrative has been wrong the whole time — that's it's not that the NFL doesn't want Kaepernick, but it's Kaeprnick who doesn't want the NFL. King is right — he's still talented enough to play. A League that embraced a man who beat a woman in Joe Mixon surely would give Kaepernick another shot — if he wanted one.
It's beginning to look like he doesn't.
