Detroit Lions: Why sign Matt Cassel over Colin Kaepernick?

This, of course, is where Colin Kaepernick fits into the equation.

Kaepernick is a talented player that very nearly led the San Francisco 49ers to victory over the Baltimore Ravens back in Super Bowl XLVII. Now five years later he is out of the league and mostly ignored.

We all know the reason behind it. Suffice it to say, that he has the right to his opinion, just as we all do. But the method he decided to go about displaying it seems to have cost him his career.

Kneeling during the national anthem has become a hotbed of a topic around this country. It has also caused the NFL to lose ratings.

I know plenty of people that have said they wouldn’t watch any more NFL games as long as the players keep kneeling during the national anthem. Kaepernick’s message has been drowned out by the all powerful message the NFL understands; revenue.

So while he is trumpeting the accusation of collusion at the NFL, which let’s be honest sounds like a pretty accurate call, there is no way the league can stop any of it’s teams from signing him. He hasn’t broken the law in any way shape or form.

Kaepernick is a free agent with talent that would have been scooped up long ago if not for the national anthem controversy.

The latest team to have been considering him was the Baltimore Ravens, who eventually decided to sign Robert Griffin III instead. They called it an organizational decision. But the truth of the matter is that while their career stats are somewhat similar, Kaepernick has had more success winning games than Griffin.