Carroll: Seahawks still considering QB Kaepernick
the end of the 2016 season. Seattle has been one of the few teams to show any inter- RENTON, WASH. — Pete Carest in Kaepernick followroll said Monday the Seattle ing his protests during the Seahawks have not closed national anthem in the 2016 the door on the possibil- season with San Francisco. ity of adding Colin KaeperCarroll said the reports nick to their roster, but how of what happened with the much further they pursue it inte nded workout were may depend on the upcom- “blown up.” ing NFL draft. “I think we’ve been work-
“We’re still battling on all ing at this thing for some time fronts, on all guys. We’re still now. I don’t think that was looking at guys and evalreally as telling as it came uating. There are still free across,” Carroll said. “We’re agents we’re looking at and really aware of him and he’s a in that the process just con- fine football player and there tinues,” Carroll said. “We’ve may be a place for him. We gone through the informadon’t know that yet.” tion gathering and we have Whether Seattle revisits a pretty good feel for where Kaepernick may be answered we are. It’s ongoing. We’re during this week’s draft and not done with that decision if the Seahawks invest a draft at all.” pick in a quarterback for the
Reports surfaced earlier first time since selecting Rusthis month that Seattle pulled sell Wilson in the 2012 draft. out of a planned workout for Seattle has signed backups Kaepernick, who has been Stephen Morris and Austin without an NFL team since Davis this offseason.
Carroll and general manager John Schneider also gave brief updates on inju- ries to safety Kam Chancellor and defensive tackle Malik McDowell.
Chancellor suffered a neck injury midway through last season that put his career in doubt. Schneider said Chancellor will have a “scan” in late June or early July to determine his status going forward. It could be as much a contract issue as anything else with Chancellor, who signed a three-year exten- sion with $25 million guaranteed before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, the status of McDowell remains murky. McDowell, Seattle’s initial draft pick in the second round of last year’s draft, was injured in an ATV accident last summer and has not taken part in any football-related activities since. Carroll said the team has
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‘We’re really aware of him and he’s a fine football player and there may be a place for him. ’
received no indication on McDowell’s ability to even rejoin the team at this point, let alone play football.
“There is a lot of stuff we can’t get into. It’s a really unfortunate situation on both sides,” Schneider said.
The only diagnosis the team has provided regarding McDowell is that he suffered a severe concussion and facial injuries in the ATV accident.
“We haven’t had a good update in a long time,” Carroll said.