I'm ready for some football. There's always so much going on around this time and this year is no different. I'm happy to see my team on Hard Knocks this year even though I don't have HBO. Hopefully there is no curse tied to that show. One big topic that keeps coming up is the fact that Colin Kaepernick is still unsigned. Everybody has an opinion on him, including me. Michael Vick and Ray Lewis have been torn to shreds for their "suggestions" about what he should do. I don't agree with either one of them, but I understand where they're coming from in those suggestions. The thing about this situation to me is that it seems like Kaepernick already knew he might have been blackballed out of the NFL. I think he was prepared for that. He felt he had a bigger purpose and he was willing to give up his career for that. I applaud him for having the guts to do that. The funny thing is that we haven't really heard anything from the man himself. There is now this protest for him that could possibly make his situation worse. And every a quarterback gets hurt, it doesn't mean that team should sign Kaepernick. Let's be honest. He wasn't that good. I understand why the Miami Dolphins signed Jay Cutler. He knows their system and he had his best season under Adam Gase. That made sense because the season is right around the corner. There is not time to acclimate Colin Kaepernick to a new offense when a team has playoff aspirations. It's not Madden. You can't just plug someone in and make it work. I don't believe that there are 100 quarterbacks better than him, but the bottom is the bottom line. Money is the main issue here. These owners don't want to hurt their bottom line. They ignore how well his jersey sells. All they see is those people who say they won't watch the games because of Kaepernick which is ridiculous anyway. I could care less about Kaepernick kneeling. If he played for the Buccaneers, I would support him as long as he played well. There are situations where I could see Kaepernick becoming a starter, but I think he is done with the NFL. It doesn't really feel like he wants to play that badly. What he's standing up for is bigger than the game. I lost some respect for him when he said he didn't vote and I'm pretty much over his entire existence at this point. But he is still a trending topic that needs to be discussed. And that's my piece. The conversation will continue.
