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Would Signing Kaepernick Be the Right Football Move for the Colts? It Depends...

There has been significant discussion, given the uncertain status of Andrew Luck's shoulder injury, of the Colts possibly signing Colin Kaepernick, in addition to previous possible signings of the former 49er in Baltimore (after Joe Flacco suffered a back injury of unknown severity, leading to open discussion with the community and no signing of a quarterback who could serve long-term in place of Flacco) and Miami (after Ryan Tannehill re-injured his knee; the Dolphins have since signed Jay Cutler). Kaepernick's status as a free agent has been cemented by controversy regarding his social activism, seeing quarterbacks with much less-impressive resumes signed by teams (*cough* Mike Glennon *cough*) while Kaepernick remains on the sideline (or, rather on a sideline of a field that does not contain NFL players). There are significant issues raised by teams hesitations (as displayed by the Ravens) to sign a player based on their activism, and I do not believe a blog where the phrase