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\n \u201c<\/span>\u2018I would love to offer you a risk-free contingency plan.\u2019\u201d<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

That\u2019s Colin Kaepernick, who took his last snap as an NFL quarterback on New Year\u2019s Day in 2017, addressing New York Jets general manager Joe Douglas in a letter dated Sept. 21 and given a wider public audience this week.<\/p>\n

Kaepernick, who led the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl in 2013 and went on to make headlines for his social activism (including, of course, his decision to kneel during the pregame playing of the national anthem as a silent protest against institutional racism and perceived policing malpractice), observes in his letter to the Jets front-office chief that this young season is not shaping up as the Jets hoped, as exemplified by a 1-2 record and the loss for the season of future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers in his first offensive series as a member of the Jets. <\/p>\n

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From the archives (June 2020):<\/strong> NFL condemns racism, admits \u2018we were wrong\u2019 \u2014 Colin Kaepernick has more support now, still long way to go<\/p>\n

Also see (February 2020):<\/strong> Colin Kaepernick: \u2018I want to tell the story\u2019 behind taking the knee<\/p>\n

Kaepernick, however, doesn\u2019t pitch himself as a replacement for Rodgers \u2014 at 39 four years Kaepernick\u2019s senior \u2014 in his letter to Douglas. He doesn\u2019t even argue that he should be hired to back up the Jets\u2019 backup, Zach Wilson, whom Kaepernick characterizes as having \u201cthe tools to do this.\u201d <\/p>\n

Instead, Kaepernick, who purportedly has kept in game shape over the years even as NFL quarterbacking opportunities have failed to come his way (or, to critics of NFL management, been collusively kept from him), writes that he \u201cwould be honored and extremely grateful for the opportunity to come in and lead the practice squad,\u201d effectively emulating each successive Jets opponent\u2019s quarterback on weekdays with no chance of taking the field on Sunday. <\/p>\n

Should he prove his mettle on the scout team, he concedes, he would ultimately hope to move up the Jets depth chart. For the team, he says, he\u2019d have been brought aboard as \u201ca risk-free contingency plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Key Words:<\/strong> Too soon? Chicago sausage slinger and New York tabloid were among the swiftest to make light of that Aaron Rodgers injury.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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