Kaepernick remains on hunt for answers

For a second straight off-season, Colin Kaepernick is struggling to find work in the NFL, but he hasn’t been idle. Kaepernick has played an active role in helping build his collusion case against the NFL.

Kaepernick has already sat in on at least a half-dozen depositions involving league and team officials, according to a person familiar with the situation, with several key depositions scheduled for the next couple of weeks.

Kaepernick’s legal team is expected to meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell this month as part of the quarterback’s collusion grievance, as the discovery process appears to be picking up steam. Kaepernick appears to be deposing some of the teams that had been linked to him in some fashion over the past year, but ultimately decided to go in another direction.

The latest is the Seattle Seahawks, which cancelled a workout with Kaepernick this week. The team on Friday instead signed Stephen Morris, a quarterback who has never taken an NFL snap. Members of the Seattle organization are expected to sit for depositions this month, including coach Pete Carroll and John Schneider, the team’s general manager.

Some reports have suggested the Seahawks cancelled the workout after learning Kaepernick wouldn’t commit to standing during the national anthem.

Kaepernick went unsigned all of last season, prompting his collusion grievance against the league. In 2016, he knelt during the anthem before games as a form of protest over racial and social inequalities.

Kaepernick’s grievance will be heard by an independent arbitrator, jointly appointed by the NFL and the NFL Players Association, and the contents of the depositions are not public.