It's been nearly four years since we last saw Colin Kaepernick play in an NFL game. January 1, 2017 was that day, as Kaepernick and the 49ers lost 25-23 at Levi's Stadium to the Los Angeles Rams.
Kaepernick's protest and public spat with the NFL went all the way to court, and the quarterback seemingly has been blackballed from the league as a result.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, in a conversation with former NFL player and Fox Sports 1 analyst Emmanuel Acho, finally admitted Sunday that he wishes the NFL "had listened earlier" to what Kaepernick was championing with his decision to kneel during the national anthem.