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<blockquote data-quote="Zogman" data-source="post: 163060" data-attributes="member: 328"><a href="http://bleacherreport.com/users/2857650" target="_blank">Mike Freeman</a><a href="http://twitter.com/@mikefreemanNFL" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/@mikefreemanNFL</a>NFL National Lead WriterMarch 17, 2017&nbsp; &nbsp; It's more than a week into free agency and <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/colin-kaepernick" target="_blank">Colin Kaepernick</a>&nbsp; is still unemployed. Remember, this is a quarterback who played in the&nbsp; Super Bowl only four years ago, yet now it appears he can't get a look&nbsp; from teams.&nbsp;Some teams fear the&nbsp; backlash from fans after getting him. They think there might be protests&nbsp; or [President Donald] Trump will tweet about the team. I'd say that&nbsp; number is around 10 percent. Then there's another 10 percent that has a&nbsp; mix of those feelings.&nbsp;The rest genuinely hate him and can't stand what he did [kneeling for&nbsp; the national anthem]. They want nothing to do with him. They won't move&nbsp; on. They think showing no interest is a form of punishment. I think some&nbsp; teams also want to use Kaepernick as a cautionary tale to stop other&nbsp; players in the future from doing what he did.&quot;When I spoke to a handful of executives at the combine a few weeks ago, one even <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2696245-mike-freemans-10-point-stance-kaepernick-protest-still-has-nfl-teams-worried" target="_blank">called him</a> &quot;an embarrassment to football.&quot;For the moment, the interest in Kaepernick is slim, and that's putting it kindly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zogman, post: 163060, member: 328"] [URL="http://bleacherreport.com/users/2857650"]Mike Freeman[/URL][URL="http://twitter.com/@mikefreemanNFL"][/URL]NFL National Lead WriterMarch 17, 2017 It's more than a week into free agency and [URL="http://bleacherreport.com/colin-kaepernick"]Colin Kaepernick[/URL] is still unemployed. Remember, this is a quarterback who played in the Super Bowl only four years ago, yet now it appears he can't get a look from teams. Some teams fear the backlash from fans after getting him. They think there might be protests or [President Donald] Trump will tweet about the team. I'd say that number is around 10 percent. Then there's another 10 percent that has a mix of those feelings. The rest genuinely hate him and can't stand what he did [kneeling for the national anthem]. They want nothing to do with him. They won't move on. They think showing no interest is a form of punishment. I think some teams also want to use Kaepernick as a cautionary tale to stop other players in the future from doing what he did." When I spoke to a handful of executives at the combine a few weeks ago, one even [URL="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2696245-mike-freemans-10-point-stance-kaepernick-protest-still-has-nfl-teams-worried"]called him[/URL] "an embarrassment to football." For the moment, the interest in Kaepernick is slim, and that's putting it kindly. [/QUOTE]

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