Typical of the NFL. Manziel beat his girlfriend, rupturing her eardrum and threatening her life, but hey, let's portray him as the victim.
Typical of the NFL. Manziel beat his girlfriend, rupturing her eardrum and threatening her life, but hey, let's portray him as the victim.
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And, just for fun, today's NFL news features a rumor that the New Orleans Saints are considering signing Manziel as a backup quarterback for their star, Drew Brees. The very concept that Manziel could be considered over Kaepernick is a complete joke, if only for straightforward talent reasons. Add Manziel's history of personal behavior, and it becomes a very very bad joke.
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Colin Kaepernick has been named one of the world's most influential people.
Time magazine placed the quarterback on its prestigious list of the planet's 100 most influential individuals of 2017, which was revealed Thursday. Kaepernick, who sparked a national conversation about race, social inequality and activism through his decision not to stand during the playing of the national anthem during NFL games, was placed in the Icons subcategory alongside names like U.S. Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons and pioneering actress Viola Davis.
Kaepernick's magazine blurb was written by his former 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh, who stated Kaepernick "boldly and courageously confronted perceived inequalities in our social-justice system." He credited Kaepernick with standing alone in his endeavor at first when the vitriol was at its height.
"How lucky for us all and for our country to have among our citizens someone as remarkable as Colin Kaepernick," Harbaugh wrote.
I keep hoping the Seahawks will pick him up. He's still wanting starter money, but we don't have a back up now that ours has been arrested twice for old warrants. I hope he'll decide to take less for a year or two. I think he'd fit in the locker room, even though he kicked our asses as The Enemy more than once. We have some pretty outspoken players who backed his protest--Michael Bennett most of all--who would pave his way, I think, and Pete Carroll has a way of letting the guys be themselves. I'm rooting for him, and I never thought I would.
Richard Sherman believes that former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is being blackballed by NFL teams during free agency, according to ESPN.com's Sheil Kapadia.
Sherman was asked if he believed that was the case on ESPN's First Take.
"I'm sure he is," Sherman said. "It's difficult to see because he's played at such a high level, and you see guys, quarterbacks, who have never played at a high level being signed by teams. So it's difficult to understand. Obviously he's going to be in a backup role at this point. But you see quarterbacks, there was a year Matt Schaub had a pretty rough year and got signed the next year. So it has nothing to do with football. You can see that. They signed guys who have had off years before."
"He is certainly good enough," Brees said Friday, according to FanSided's Mark Carman. "I don't think it's a situation where he is being blackballed. I'm sure there are offers being made to him. It's just a matter of him choosing the right opportunity."
Brees also said he would have no issue with the Saints bringing Kaepernick aboard if the front office decided he could help the team.
"Whatever decisions our team makes, those are in the best interest of the team, so if that was the case, then yeah, I would embrace it," he said.
It's a dual situation.Kaepernick was reported to be "working out" for the Seattle Seahawks, but apparently he was only "visiting" the team. Yeah, whatever.
Meanwhile, Saints QB Drew Brees is sure there is no blackballing of Kaeperinick.
This has all been one big sham on the part of the NFL.
Mike Florio is a hack. I haven't seen him post an accurate piece on Seattle in years. There isn't an intact coaching staff or front office that knows Kaepernick better than Seattle's. They don't have to put him through his paces. They have been burned by his upsides and exploited his downsides for years. Carroll probably knew what Kaep was up to in college, too.
An interesting side-plot. The Seattle Times ran a poll of who "fans" think should be the back up, and Kaepernick won overwhelmingly. Effectively 56% of the vote. Next closest was 17%. Totally unscientific and self-selected, but still interesting. I've seen a lot of pushback about the Hawks signing Kaep on social media, most of it relating to his "disrespect," little of it related to his limitations as a QB, so the poll results caught me by surprise.
It's a dual situation.
No team is eager to deal with Kaepernick's political activism, that's for sure. But if he were a Tom Brady or even a Drew Brees, you can bet that teams would be calling.
rugcat said:He could have put his girlfriend in the hospital or run over somebody while driving drunk, and they'd still scramble to get someone they thought could put them in the Super Bowl.
rugcat said:It's not just that he's an activist. He's an activist who has not demonstrated his ability to significantly improve a team. Superstars get to say anything they want. Backup players – not so much.
rugcat said:However, he might get some love from Seattle Coach Pete Carroll. Carroll was a critic of the prosecution of the Iraq war, is no fan of government, and has been sympathetic at least to the 9/11 truther movement. Kaepernick might be the perfect fit for him.
“First thing we gotta get Colin to do is cut his hair,” Vick said Monday on FS1’s “Speak For Yourself.”
"The first thing we got to get Colin to do is cut his hair. Listen, I'm not up here to try to be politically correct, but even if he puts cornrows in it, I don't think he should represent himself in that way in terms of just a hairstyle. Just go clean cut. Why not? You're already dealing with a lot of controversy surrounding this issue. What he needs to do is just try to be presentable."
During his final years with the Atlanta Falcons, Vick had his hair in cornrows. When he returned from his two-year prison sentence for his role in a dogfighting ring, Vick's cornrows were gone. But Vick committed crimes. Kaepernick simply protested a social issue that was important to him.
Except that it did.Connin' and sucking up to Massa Goodell ain't gonna get you a job even as a third-string scrub, Mike. Instead of Kaepernick cutting his hair, you should grow a pair.
"The football field is our sanctuary," Lewis said. "If you do nothing else, young man, get back on the football field and let your play speak for itself. And what you do off the field, don't let too many people know, because they gonna judge you anyway, no matter what you do, no matter if it's good or bad."
Only Lewis pleaded guilty in relation to the case: for obstruction of justice, a misdemeanor. He originally was charged with two counts of murder but struck a deal with prosecutors in exchange for his testimony against two of his companions that night, Reginald Oakley and Joseph Sweeting.
Lewis never directly linked his two friends to the killings, and they were acquitted. Lewis had testified that Oakley, Sweeting and another man had gone to a sporting goods store the previous day to buy knives. Baker's blood later was found in Lewis' limo. Having fled the crime scene, Lewis told the limo's passengers to "keep their mouths shut."The white suit Lewis was wearing that night — on Super Bowl Sunday — never was found . . .
. . . For his punishment, Lewis received one year of probation and a $250,000 fine by the NFL.
NEW YORK (AP) A former New York City police officer, whose claims of police corruption in the 1970s were chronicled in an Al Pacino movie, joined dozens of current and former officers Saturday at a rally in support of getting quarterback Colin Kaepernick a job in the National Football League.
The former San Francisco 49ers player became a controversial figure last year after he refused to stand for the national anthem in what he called a protest against oppression of people of color.
He opted out of his contract in March and became a free agent, but so far, no NFL teams have signed him for the upcoming season.
The gathering in Brooklyn featured about 75 mostly minority officers wearing black T-shirts reading ''(hash)imwithkap.''
One exception was retired officer Frank Serpico, whose exploits were featured in the 1973 film, ''Serpico.''
He admitted not being a football fan, but said he felt it was important to support Kaepernick for his stance.
''He's trying to hold up this government up to our founding fathers,'' said the now 81-year-old Serpico.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on Tuesday came out strongly against the continued practice of NFL players protesting the national anthem before games.
“I just feel so strongly that the act of recognizing the flag is a salute to our country and all of the people that have sacrificed so that we can have the liberties we have,” Jones said, as transcribed by The Dallas Morning News. “I feel very strongly that everyone should save that moment for the recognition of the flag in a positive way, so I like the way the Cowboys do it.”
Jones’ stand against anthem protests echoes the opinions expressed last week by Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett, who referred to the anthem and the flag as “sacred.”
The Cowboys owner also reinforced his own comments from last season when he referred to the protests as “disappointing.”
The protests of course were spawned by Colin Kaepernick after he began kneeling during “The Star-Spangled Banner” last season. Other players followed suit and the practice has continued this NFL preseason, with players such as Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett and Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch, among others, continuing the trend.
The protest took another step in turning into a full-fledged movement Monday night when 12 Cleveland Browns players knelt during the anthem as five others stood nearby in a show of solidarity ahead of the team’s exhibition match-up against the New York Giants.