Kaepernick’s workout gets postponed
Seahawks hold off on visit after QB declined to stop kneeling
Colin Kaepernick still does not have an NFL job. He apparently won’t be getting one with the Seattle Seahawks in the immediate future.
On Thursday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that the team postponed a scheduled Kaepernick workout this week after the quarterback “declined to stop kneeling during the national anthem next season.” That report was contradicted in part by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, who reported that the Seahawks postponed the workout because “the team asked for his plan moving forward on how to handle everything and there was not a firm plan.”
According to the Seattle Times, Kaepernick said he didn’t know what his plans for off-field activities would be in 2018. The team decided to postpone his scheduled visit while coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider discussed the matter, according to the Times, which added that Kaepernick still could be considered and brought in for a visit. The Times also reported that the club wanted “assurances of his commitment to football.”
After Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers parted company a little over a year ago, he went unsigned in 2017, following a relatively successful 2016 campaign. He began kneeling during the playing of the national anthem during the 2016 preseason to protest police brutality and racial injustice in the United States.
Kaepernick, 30, visited with the Seahawks last May, when Seattle was in the market for a backup to starting quarterback Russell Wilson, but the team decided not to sign him.
“He’s a starter in this league,” Carroll told reporters after the Seahawks passed on Kaepernick.
Seattle has room on its roster for a backup quarterback after it cut Trevone Boykin in the wake of domestic violence allegations lodged against him by his longtime girlfriend.
Kaepernick has filed a collusion grievance
against the NFL, accusing the league of blackballing him because of his protests. He attended a deposition by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on Thursday in Frisco, Texas. Jones is the second known owner to be deposed, following Bob McNair of the Houston Texans. Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome and coach John Harbaugh were also deposed.
49ERS: Linebacker Reuben Foster has been charged with felony domestic violence after being accused of attacking his girlfriend, authorities said.
The Santa Clara County District Attorney said Foster was charged Thursday and is scheduled to be arraigned later in the day in San Jose, Calif.
Prosecutors said the 24-yearold Foster attacked his girlfriend in February at their Los Gatos home, leaving her bruised and with a ruptured ear drum.
The 28-year-old woman told responding officers that Foster dragged her by her hair, threw her out of the house, and punched her in the head eight to 10 times.
Foster was also charged with felony possession of an assault weapon and misdemeanor possession of a high-capacity magazine after officers found a Sig Sauer 516 short-barreled rifle in his home while investigating his girlfriend’s domestic violence report.
If convicted on all charges, He faces up to 11 years in prison.
FAVRE: Brett Favre says he might have had “thousands” of concussions during his Hall of Fame career.
The three-time NFL MVP who played from 1992-2010 and was known for his aggressive approach to football said Thursday on NBC’s “Megyn Kelly Today” that he is experiencing short-term memory issues.
Favre, 48, has become an advocate for concussion research and said he had three or four known concussions during his lengthy career, which spanned 302 regular-season games and 24 in the postseason. Favre added that he worries about developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) as he ages.