NFL Rumors: Colin Kaepernick Will not Be Pursued by Jets as Aaron Rodgers Alternative

The New York Jets have dominated out a pursuit of free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick as they consider their choices after Aaron Rodgers’ season-ending Achilles injury, in line with CBS Sports activities’ Josina Anderson.

NFL insider Jordan Schultz initially reported Tuesday that Kaepernick’s agent had reached out to the Jets to say his shopper was taken with a transfer to the Huge Apple.

At this level, it is robust to see a path again to the NFL for Kaepernick. He turns 36 in November and hasn’t suited up for a group because the 2016 season.

Kaepernick filed a grievance in opposition to the NFL in October 2017, alleging house owners had been colluding to maintain him out of the league in retaliation for his social activism. The claims of he and former teammate Eric Reid, who had joined the case, were settled in 2019.

There was a time when one may plausibly argue Kaepernick was not less than on par with—if not higher than—the backups who stuffed out rosters throughout the league. Now, making that case is a bit more durable given how lengthy he has been away.

The previous San Francisco 49ers star has tried in useless to impress NFL coaches and executives sufficient to present him one other probability. He staged a non-public exercise in 2019, which was overshadowed by the behind-the-scenes machinations surrounding it, and held a public throwing session throughout halftime of Michigan’s spring sport in 2022.

Because it pertains to the Jets, Kaepernick would possibly as effectively have reached out to say he was out there and keen to signal.

New York is clearly going so as to add any individual with Rodgers out for the yr as a result of Zach Wilson is now the one wholesome quarterback on the squad. Absent a Hail Mary resolution, the entrance workplace is left to select between a wide range of middling alternate options.

Certainly Kaepernick could not be a lot worse than signing Carson Wentz, who’s probably his fourth completely different group in as a few years, or luring Philip Rivers or Matt Ryan out of retirement.

However no comeback can be forthcoming with the Jets.