FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Colin Kaepernick’s NFL tryout sounds more like a setup.
A PR stunt to former teammate Eric Reid, one that comes with all sorts of take-it-or leave-it conditions.
Reid hopes it’s a legitimate conduit back into the league, but his gut feeling that “it’s disingenuous” seems right on the mark.
Yet here we are, nearly three years after Kaepernick was exiled from the NFL for kneeling during the national anthem in protest of police violence and racial injustice, with the league seemingly making its first significant step toward giving the quarterback another chance.