If an overpaid mediocre quarterback is destined to be cut from the roster to make salary cap room for players able to make a meaningful contribution to the team, why wouldn’t he preemptively play the victim card?

Kaepernick may be have duped media with this stunt, but coaches and general managers understand that Colin is attempting to use political activism to rationalize his game day inadequacies. As soon as he is traded or cut he will loudly claim that the honky establishment tried to silence him.