NFL: Colin Kaepernick trains with the Las Vegas Raiders

Colin Kaepernick back in the NFL? We are not there, but the 34-year-old quarterback has taken a step in this direction. ESPN and NFL Network reported on Wednesday that the former San Francisco 49ers player had training sessions with the Las Vegas Raiders this week. Mark Davis, the boss of the franchise of Nevada, had not ruled out in the past to attach the services of Kaepernick if his staff gave his approval for this recruitment.

This is the wish of the player, a 2013 Superbowl finalist, who has not played since the end of 2016 and remains without a contract since the end of his lease with the 49ers in 2017. “JI have to find my way back. So if I have to be taken as a substitute, I’ll be fine“, he said last month in the podcast “I Am Athlete”.

In 2016, Kaepernick knelt several times before matches during the national anthem to protest racial injustice. He had filed a lawsuit against the NFL, accusing the owners of the teams of having agreed to keep him out of the league, before finally withdrawing his complaint in exchange for a financial settlement, amounting to less than 10 million dollars. dollars, according to various media.