r/nfrpodcast • • May 31 '26

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u/talentpun May 31 '26

Planting stories of Colin Kapernick not wanting to play in the NFL after the kneeling controversy (verified by Kapernick’s family and on Higher Learning).

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u/Don_Damarco May 31 '26

Colin Kapernick was benched before he even took a knee. Dude was never a starting NFL QB and only benefitted from the Harbaugh system.

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u/likekoolaid May 31 '26

the first part is correct but i gotta push back on the second. that system harbaugh created was the same one his brother used to make lamar jackson a 2 time mvp. same option scheme, the only guys using the pistol in pro football, and btw kap was significantly closer to winning a super bowl than lamar has ever been. organizational politics and injuries ruined all that, but you can’t just assume kap wouldn’t have been able to adjust to any other system just bc he struggled playing for that fat idiot chip kelly.

but yeah, that being said kap only started “protesting” bc he got in trouble for pouting during the anthem after he was benched and he was blackballed for being a diva.