11 teams commit to Kaepernick workout
Exiled QB to audition Saturday in hope of returning to NFL
NEW YORK — The NFL said Thursday that 11 teams have committed to attending Colin Kaepernick’s workout in Atlanta this weekend and that more teams are expected to attend the former NFL quarterback’s audition.
The league also announced that two former NFL head coaches will be in attendance: Hue Jackson, who will lead the drills, and Joe Philbin.
The NFL said it will send video of the workout and interview to all 32 of its teams, including head coaches and general managers.
The teams that have RSVP’d so far are: the Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta
Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New York Giants, New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Redskins.
Kaepernick hasn’t played since 2016 with the San Francisco 49ers. He helped start a wave of protests about social and racial injustice that season by kneeling during the national anthem at games.
EAGLES: Alshon Jeffery missed practice again Thursday because of an ankle injury, increasing the possibility Carson Wentz won’t have his two top receivers when the Eagles host the New England Patriots on Sunday.
DeSean Jackson had surgery for an abdominal injury last week and is out the rest of the regular season.
BROWNS: The Browns gave up on Antonio Callaway. The
NFL is going to come down hard on him again.
A person familiar with the situation said Callaway, who was released Thursday by Cleveland hours before the team played the Pittsburgh Steelers, is facing a possible 10-game league suspension for another drug violation.
Callaway, who served a four-game suspension for violating the league’s substance abuse program earlier this season, failed another drug test, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the punishment has not been announced.
COLTS: Quarterback Jacoby Brissett was a full participant for the second straight day, putting him on track to start Sunday. Brissett left the Pittsburgh game two weeks ago with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee and was replaced in the starting lineup by Brian Hoyer last week. Receiver T.Y. Hilton again did not practice because of an injured calf. All-Pro linebacker Darius Leonard (abdomen) also was a full participant Thursday.
REDSKINS: The Redskins say they are aware of an investigation involving safety Montae Nicholson and are cooperating with authorities.
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s office is investigating the death of a 21-year-old woman who was dropped off at a hospital by two men. TMZ reported that one of those men was Nicholson.
A team spokesman says the Redskins have “been made aware of the tragic event and extend our deepest sympathies to the family who lost a loved one.”