Just for fun, let’s say Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky messes the bed Thursday against the Lions at Ford Field. It could happen, you know. History’s on the bed’s side.
Would you, at that moment, say to Bears management, ‘‘OK, management, give Colin Kaepernick a try’’?
Those of you who already are shrieking and rending your clothes as you run to grab squirrel muskets and Betsy Ross flags in a dithering rage, please calm down.
Come back.
Deep breath.
We’re having fun here, remember?
Kaepernick, as we know, is the bushy-haired, heavily tattooed, national-anthem-kneeling, once-upon-a-time-very-good NFL quarterback who blew up his own career while taking a stand — or a knee — over social-justice issues that have little or nothing to do with football.