Colin Kaepernick stated he is willing to serve as backup QB if NFL team offer him chance to return

Colin Kaepernick is serious about returning to the NFL, and he’s willing to be a backup quarterback if it means getting back into the game.

In an interview with the “I know I have to find my way back in,” podcast, Kaepernick informed Brandon Marshall, Chad Johnson, and Adam “Pacman” Jones, “I Am Athlete.”

“So, yeah, if I have to come in as a backup, that fine. But that’s not where I’m staying. And when I prove that I’m a starter, I want to be able to step on the field as such. I just need that opportunity to walk through the door.”

Since 2016, when he began kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice, Colin Kaepernick hasn’t played in the NFL. If there was a reluctance to sign him because of his protest, he noted in the interview that today’s NFL should be more aligned with his ideas.

“You have ‘End Racism’ in the back of your end zone. You have ‘Black Lives Matter’ on your helmet. Everything I’ve said should be in alignment with what you’re saying publicly,” he said. “It’s a $16 billion business. When I first took a knee, my jersey went to No. 1. When I did the deal with Nike, their value increased by six billion dollars. Six billion. With a B.

“… So if you’re talking about the business side, it shows [it’s] beneficial. If you’re talking about the playing side, come in, let me compete. You can evaluate me from there. The NFL’s supposed to be a meritocracy. Come in, let me compete. If I’m not good enough, get rid of me. But let me come in and show you.”

At the invitation of Jim Harbaugh, his former San Francisco 49ers coach, Colin Kaepernick threw to undrafted receivers for NFL scouts during halftime of Michigan’s spring game. In an interview with “I Am Athlete,” Kaepernick revealed that both of his 49ers coaches, Jim Harbaugh and Chip Kelly, thought he “made the locker room better,” defying the popular belief that he would be a distraction for any team that signed him.

“That 2016 season, my last year, my teammates voted me most courageous and inspirational player. So, when you’re talking about the people that are in the building, that has never come out that I’ve been a distraction. That’s never come out that I’ve been an issue for the people I’ve played with,” he said.

Colin Kaepernick stated that he hasn’t given any interviews about his wish to return to the NFL because he didn’t want to support the idea that signing him would result in a “media circus” Kaepernick, on the other hand, has privately approached teams for a tryout. In 2017, he received the lone one from the Seattle Seahawks.

“No team’s brought me in for a workout,” Kaepernick said. “No team has brought me in for an opportunity. I had the one meeting with Seattle in 2017. And out of that, Pete Carroll said, ‘Hey, he’s a starter; we have a starter.’ And things moved on from there. But they don’t have a starter right now,” he said.

After coming so close with the 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII but falling “one play away” in a 34-31 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, Kaepernick said his ultimate goal is to win a title.

“I need to finish that. My mentality isn’t just to go out, ‘Oh, I want to compete.’ No, I want to win a championship,” he said.

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