NFL rules wouldn’t allow Colin Kaepernick to help COVID-19-stricken Broncos:
The Denver Broncos not having any quarterbacks available Sunday may have been seen as an opportunity for Colin Kaepernick to play in the NFL again.
But that was never a possibility, as league rules mandate that acquired players must remain in COVID-19 isolation for six days before joining their new team.
You mean someone might have been actually interested? Nah, bro, we were just working his name into a headline again:
Then again, Denver, along with every other team, has never seemed interested in reaching out to Kaepernick.
The guy has been out of football for three years now. Let it go.
You know whom the Broncos wanted to bend the rules so they could play? A coach:
The Denver Broncos are starting undrafted rookie practice squad wide receiver Kendall Hinton at quarterback Sunday against the New Orleans Saints, but the team wanted their starting QB to be Rob Calabrese, their offensive quality control coach for the past two years, sources told ESPN on Sunday.
Denver felt that Calabrese had the strongest command of its offense and he could run the system better than anybody, sources told ESPN. The league denied those requests that were made throughout the day Saturday, saying that the Broncos could not activate a coach to their active roster. The league doesn’t want coaching staffs being storage areas for potential players, sources said.
Considering that the Broncos are playing the New Orleans Saints, who are starting gadget quarterback Taysom Hill again this week, it would almost be worth turning it on to see who does better. However, the Red Packers are playing at the same time, so Nogglestead will be tuning in to see the team that the Packers defeated in Super Bowl I instead.
UPDATE: Sorry, the quips keep coming, so I’ll add them:
- Where is José Oquendo when you need him?
- “And starting at quarterback, Sarah Fuller!”
- I told my youngest, who broke and dislocated my finger with a football pass that he needed to suit up. Strangely, and disappointingly, enough, my boys are nominal Broncos fans because the oldest had friends in kindergarten who were Broncos fans. My boys have grown since then, but they still sleep under Broncos blankets and the youngest, at least, has not yet outgrown Broncos apparel. He did not believe me about having to start for the Broncos. So if the Packers game goes badly, we might well end up watching former Packer Taysom HIll.
José Oquendo might never have played football, but I bet he would have figured it out after a couple of plays.
I remember watching him pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals. Briefly.
I think they did one game late in a season when they were out of contention when they let him play every position in a single game.