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[Make sure to read Robert Spencer’s contributions in Jamie Glazov’s new book: Barack Obama’s True Legacy: How He Transformed America.]
For a guy who hates the NFL, Colin Kaepernick sure does love the NFL. He has just written a long letter to Joe Douglas, general manager of the New York Jets, pleading to be given a job in the league whose draft he has likened to a slave auction. Why would he want to go back to such a loathsome place?
It’s likely that he needs both the money and the new infusion of relevance. But his letter is unlikely to get him anywhere, as for all his long-windedness, Kaepernick never mentions the elephant in the room, his far-left political activism and race-hustling agitation that would relegate football to a sideshow for any team that signed him.
The rapper J. Cole posted Kaepernick’s letter to Douglas on his Instagram account Wednesday, explaining, “I asked Colin @kaepernick7 if I could share this letter with the world. He was reluctant. My argument was that I believe the people and all organizations should know the truth about how hard he works and how much he still wants to play. And always has. In the end, he agreed to let me.” Cole added, “I hope there’s a spot out there for my boy Kap. PEACE.”
Neither Cole nor Kaepernick, however, even come close to touching on the reason why there might not be “a spot out there for my boy Kap.” In his letter to Douglas, Kaepernick touts the services he could provide to the New York Jets plantation, which suffered a severe blow when star quarterback Aaron Rodgers was injured. Sounding every inch like an obsequious and subservient supplicant, Kaepernick tells Douglas: “I would be honored and extremely grateful for the opportunity to lead the practice squad.”
The uninformed reader would have no reason to think that this humble petitioner was even the same person as the one who just two years ago likened the NFL draft to a slave auction in the most acidic and uncompromising terms: “What they don’t want you to understand is what’s being established is a power dynamic. Before they put you on the field, teams poke, prod, and examine you searching for any defect that might affect your performance. No boundary respect. No dignity left intact.”
Kaepernick didn’t seem nearly as concerned about dignity when he wrote to Douglas. Not only did he assure him of how “honored and extremely grateful” he would be to get a shot on the squad, but he also added that he “would consider it a privilege” to be able to help the Jets, and assured the Jets’ GM that he would not put “any competitive pressure” on the Jets’ stopgap quarterback, Zach Wilson.
Kaepernick continued in the same suppliant vein, adding, “I am sure of my ability to provide you with an elite QB option if, God forbid, QB1 goes down. However, I know that there may naturally be uncertainties from you, and possibly from others about my playing abilities. This plan, I believe, allows me to be a great service to the team as a practice squad QB, while also giving you a low-commitment chance to assess my capabilities to help in any other capacity you may see fit.” He told Douglas how hard he worked every day to stay in playing shape despite not having played in the NFL since 2016, and even offered “references within the league that will vouch for my character, work ethic, and stability.”
Well, that’s just the catch: Kaepernick’s character. He was likely overstating his abilities as a quarterback, since during his last two years in the NFL, he won three games and lost 16 and will turn 36 in just a few weeks, but as much as that makes it unlikely that he will return to the league now, it isn’t the main problem.
Kaepernick didn’t mention the fact that he has become a notorious far-left political agitator, to the extent that if the Jets or any other team did sign him, their games would become the Colin Kaepernick Show, with reporters avidly seeking out the quarterback for headline-grabbing political statements. The game itself would become a largely ignored sidelight. As woke as the NFL is, even its plantation owners realize that this is bad for business, and if they don’t, they can ask Bud Light.
Americans are increasingly fed up with the left’s political, social, and cultural agenda constantly being forced upon them everywhere they turn. If the Jets do suffer a moment of madness and sign Kaepernick, they’ll quickly find out what it feels like to be Dylan Mulvaney.
I don’t think any NFL team is THAT woke. Hiring this crack pot would be akin to adopting a rabid dog. You’ll get exactly what would be expected.
“Woke” race politics is a “rabid dog” that the NFL has fully embraced. While Kaepernick’s race-hustling schtick is an NFL resume enhancer, it can’t overcome his athletic deficiencies. As NFL quarterbacks go, Kaepernick was mediocre in his prime… ten years ago. Now he’s just a bum.
He wasn’t mediocre ten years ago – he was the lowest rated QB in either league. Mediocre would have been a hell of an improvement for him
Kaepernick and Michael Ohre have both attacked their “White Savior” parents, is this a trend?
Just heavy doses of ingratitude and nastiness.
How sad is that? What a pathetic, needy, beggar is this guy?
Too bad his fanboys will never read this article.
Yes, his dignity just took a knee.
I am SO SICK of race-baiters like Kaepernick, who, as we all know, was adopted and raised by a white family, but now goes around claiming the NFL “slave plantation” won’t sign him because he’s black. No, little Colin-poo. The NFL doesn’t want you because—brace yourself—YOU. CANNOT. PLAY. YOU SUCK. GO AWAY.
A Babylon Bee went something like ‘New York Jets file restraining against Colin Kaeperick.’
lol, good one Mark, thanks 🙂
Is he still taking orders from his muslim girlfriend?
Apparently they are still together.
Oh, my God—Kaepernick has a girlfriend?? She must spend all her time doing his hair.
She’s a muslim 🙂
Kaepernick is a racial grifter and not an NFL caliber back up let alone a starting QB
He’s probably lucky they won’t take him. If he got on the field he would probably get injured and suffer from it for life.
Kaepernick had his time in the spotlight and the Left have used him for what they needed. He is now becoming irrelevant. It is to bad he cannot see this. I pray that he, like Michael Ohre, will see they are being used!
Bill Belichuk is shopping and he likes basket cases.
Saw a Hilarious Babylon Bee headline right after Rodgers was injured, about the Jets taking out a restraining order on colin as a result. They nailed it, lol.
Did J. Cole call colin “boy?” Another of those terms that only the privileged groups can use.
I doubt colin has to worry about being enslaved by the NFL anymore, he’s not good enough. Anybody can dis the USA, their parents, and their employer, though most aren’t stupid enough to do the latter. He’s free to get a real job, if anybody will hire him.
Here is a suggestion Kaepernick just Go Away
Kaepernick’s game, it’s quite plain to see, Maintaining victimhood is his key. Year after year he tries to get back, Into the league that he once did attack.
But why would he want to be involved, With those he believes are unresolved, In a power dynamic, so vicious and mean, That strips dignity from all those in between.
Yet still he tries, every single year, To make it back and reappear,
As a viable quarterback once again, Despite his age, he desperately wants to go back in.
But alas, the truth is quite clear, His relevance fades with every year,
And so he plays this tired game, For attention and victimhood to claim.
It’s a revolting claim to make, That the league is systematically racist, When there are plenty of young quarterbacks, Who despite their race, can handle the tasks.
So enough with this charade, Kaepernick, you’re just getting in the way, Of those who truly want to play, Without the drama and victimhood display.
It’s time to move on and let it go, Don’t hold on to the resentment, let it flow, And find a new game, One where victimhood is not your only play.
So farewell, Kaepernick, and good luck, But we won’t be missing your constant muck, Your only claim to fame is victimhood and blame, It’s time to move on from your tired game.
Wow. That’s would be one helluva job interview I’d like to see: “I believe that I could be a valuable asset to the team, in spite of the fact that management is full of racists, and closet slave owners. By the way, can I take a look at your health plan?”.
I suggest that he and that American-hating Megan Rapino get together and start a group of other anti-American athletes…..all themselves “Kap’n’Rap”…..”.KRAP” for short!!! They can move to a country that hates us…like Iran or Iraq and see how anti-government activities are tolerated there.
I am a life-long ’49ers fan and said GOOD RIDDANCE a long time ago. Coach Saleh is a class act…I was disappointed to see him go, but he EARNED the Jets job and will get your Jets going. He has neither room nor tolerance for Kaepernik’s shenanigans in the locker room or on the field.
I yield the balance of my time.
Apparently, he was placed on the “neg list “ for the CFL’s B.C. Lions . That’s about as woke as you can go.
If the Jets want an older quarterback who’s been out of the league, they would be better off with Joe Flacco. He’s about the same age and doesn’t have the political baggage. BTW – he won a Super Bowl, and has played for the Jets before.
Who cares? I quit watching after all the disrespect shown for our country a few years ago. Give all these Marxist players the pink slip and give patriots these well-paying jobs.
Kinda like the prodigal son. But when is he going to get humble enough to eat the pigs food?
being a trans girl at this point would probably get him a job in womens sport somewhere . perhaps on sports illustrated in a bikini ? . if he was gay he would be welcomed back with open arms . perhaps a spot on feckless joes team as gay , black , woke , can’t kick a ball ambassador . the possibilities are endless for the useless woke dumbnuts that inhabit woke world . if he supports yellow school buses and venn diagrams he could be cackle o harrisses new speechwriter . but i digress , dear colin , don’t let the door hit you in the @$$ on the way out .
He would be an ideal candidate for Dancing With the Stars.
Followed his career from the start what an Idiot, A man who had it all the physical strength the agility. A family unit. And then the cancer of stupidity entered into his life and destroyed him. I wonder if he realizes that he was exploited and treated like a slave for the left “agenda” The destruction of America.