Colin Kaepernick rumors: Seahawks officially out

Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick is probably not going to end up with the Seattle Seahawks, as the club signed veteran signal caller Austin Davis.

While free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick did visit with the Seattle Seahawks this offseason, it seems that he is no longer in the running to be Russell Wilson’s backup for 2017.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the “Seahawks signed QB Austin Davis…so no Colin Kaepernick there officially.” With Seattle being one of the few teams in football that would have been an ideal fit for the controversial quarterback, it seems that Kaepernick will have to wait even longer to find his next employer.

Kaepernick last played for the San Francisco 49ers in 2016. He was selected by the 49ers in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft out of Nevada. In 2012, Kaepernick replaced Alex Smith as the 49ers starting quarterback and led San Francisco to the Super Bowl. After helping San Francisco get to the NFC Championship the next year, his overall decline as a starting quarterback became increasingly prominent.

Kaepernick had been very much a dual-threat signal caller, thriving in the Pistol Offense that in a way came with him from Reno. However, his inability to throw a catchable football and progress as a pocket passer saw him no longer capable of being a franchise quarterback.

Opting to sit, then later kneel, during the playing of the United States’ national anthem during the 2016 NFL season brought more attention to Kaepernick than anything he had done on the field. While he has done great work bringing awareness to underprivileged communities across the country, his right to protest has certainly ruffled some feathers along the way.

Though he does have the skill set to be a backup quarterback in the NFL, he’d have to go to the right situation for that to work. That means Kaepernick would have to go to a team in a liberal media market that has a starting quarterback that can make plays with this legs.

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With Seattle out of the mix now that the Seahawks have signed Austin Davis, who knows when or where Kaepernick will play his next meaningful snap as a football player?