When quarterback Alex Smith went down with a gruesome broken leg in Sunday’s 23-21 loss to the Houston Texans, he might have ended any chance the Washington Redskins had at a playoff spot. While the Redskins still lead the NFC East with a 6-4 record, they’ll have to fend off a suddenly respectable Dallas Cowboys team (one game back) and the defending Super Bowl champion Eagles who are sitting at two games back.
With Colt McCoy the only other quarterback on the roster, Washington will look to add at least one body to the roster via free agency, if not two. And any time we have a quarterback job opening we always have to ask, will Colin Kaepernick get a call?
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Redskins are already blowing up unemployed signal-caller cell phones and, so far, Kaepernick isn’t on the list.
Redskins are bringing in a group of QBs to work out on Monday, including EJ Manuel, TJ Yates and Mark Sanchez, per sources. Washington needs a new backup for starting QB Colt McCoy.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 18, 2018
If Kaepernick needed any more evidence in his collusion case against the NFL, that’s a solid evidence list right there. Besides those three, Sam Bradford is still on the street as is fellow former first-round pick Paxton Lynch. Ryan Mallet, Austin Davis and Matt Moore are all free agents and have started and won games in the NFL.
Here’s the thing, of all the quarterbacks available, Sanchez, Manuel and Yates would (and should) be at or near the bottom of any of these lists. It makes no sense at all to bring in these guys first, unless you’re just trying to go super cheap. But, really, none of these guys should be priced all that differently at this point in the season.
Kaepernick apparently still wants to play in the NFL according to NBC Sports. There were reports to the contrary from USA Today’s Mike Jones, but here’s the thing — the NFL needs somebody to sign Kaepernick or they’re going to lose the collusion case. It’s ridiculous that no team, no matter what their quarterback situation, hasn’t bitten this bullet.
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— NESSA (@nessnitty) November 19, 2018
And here’s what the NFL really needs to happen — they need Kaepernick to play and prove to every non-football watcher out there that he’s not a franchise quarterback. He’s good enough to have a job in the NFL, as is Ryan Fitzpatrick, Derek Anderson, Brian Hoyer, Matt Cassel, Joshua Dobbs and a host of other guys who teams should never count on as their full-time starter.
Is Kaepernick better than Colt McCoy? Absolutely not. Jay Gruden and the Redskins have won games with McCoy. He knows the offense and can run it respectably. Is Kaepernick better than Mark Sanchez, E.J. Manuel and T.J. Yates? Oh yeah.
Would I sign him if I’m the Redskins? Frankly, with the list of available guys, I’d probably go with Bradford and Lynch over all of them.
I have serious doubts Colin Kaepernick would even be interested in playing for Washington, given the mascot.
— Robert Klemko (@RobertKlemko) November 18, 2018
Ultimately, Washington could do a lot worse than Kaepernick and appears prepared to do just that, probably with Mark Sanchez.
