Colin Kaepernick culture war appears to have died out as Colts and others find QB solutions without uproar

When the Indianapolis Colts, successful hopeless request of a viable quarterback, reached heavy into their exigency contacts database to motion Philip Rivers, it was astonishing due to the fact that helium was retired and hadn't played since 2020.

And you cognize what has been arsenic astonishing successful the aftermath of this move? No 1 of enactment complained Colin Kaepernick wasn't an option.

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No Kaepernick Complaint Whatsoever

Colin Kaepernick looks to marque a walk during a backstage NFL workout held astatine Charles R Drew precocious schoolhouse connected November 16, 2019 successful Riverdale, Georgia. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

Kaepernick didn't get a workout with the Colts, wasn't contacted, wasn't adjacent considered, though the Colts did scope retired to different quarterbacks. 

And what followed aft that Kaepernick omission was, well, nothing.

There has been nary backlash. No notable complaints astir Kaepernick being blackballed. No charges of racism aft Indianapolis signed a 44-year-old achromatic feline alternatively of the 38-year-old achromatic guy.

There has not been truthful overmuch arsenic a notation successful NFL media and pundit circles astir different Kaepernick snub – not adjacent from Kaepernick advocate-in-chief Mike Florio.

So wherefore is this noteworthy? 

It merits attraction due to the fact that it could awesome the extremity of an era. Finally! It signals that possibly we're past the days erstwhile radical accused each NFL squad of being racist erstwhile they didn't motion Kaepernick to capable a backmost need.

Colin Kaepernick arrives for a workout for NFL shot scouts and media successful Riverdale, Georgia, connected Nov. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Todd Kirkland, File)

Colin Kaepernick Memory Fades

It signals an knowing that teams don't attraction astir instrumentality oregon media complaints astir arsenic overmuch arsenic Kaepernick's complications.

It signals that folks astatine past recognize charges of racism from radical of a definite governmental bent against the 75-percent-black NFL ringing hollow. 

So, yeah, this is simply a large deal. 

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It matters due to the fact that the worshipers that portrayed Kaepernick arsenic immoderate benignant of leader erstwhile helium said, "I americium not going to basal up to amusement pridefulness successful a emblem for a state that oppresses achromatic radical and radical of color," erstwhile forgot what a hypocrite helium was the precise time of his archetypal protest.

But present possibly they've conscionable forgotten him.

Tons Of QB Moves Without Complaint

Indianapolis Colts backmost Philip Rivers (17) connected the sideline during the crippled against the Houston Texans astatine NRG Stadium connected Dec. 6, 2020. (Troy Taormina/USA TODAY Sports)

Rivers is not the archetypal backmost this twelvemonth to travel retired of obscurity and get signed to a signifier squad woody up of Kaepernick. We've had a slew of mostly unaccomplished quarterbacks motion practice-squad contracts passim this season.

Shane Buechele with the Bills.

Brady Cook with the Jets.

Bailey Zappe with the Browns.

Seth Henigan with the Jaguars earlier helium worked retired for the Colts connected Tuesday, conscionable arsenic Rivers did.

More? Well traveled Trevor Siemian with the Titans, Chris Oladokun with the Chiefs, Cam Miller with the Raiders.

Colts Also Added Brett Rypien

There are adjacent to a twelve much specified quarterbacks toiling connected NFL signifier squads. And immoderate of these guys were chopped and replaced. Some adjacent caught connected with different teams.

Brett Rypien started retired with the Bengals, past got promoted to the progressive roster, past got released, past got signed to the Colts' signifier squad, past got promoted to the Indy progressive roster connected Wednesday.

But amid each these moves, nary Kaepernick

And nary complaints astir it, either.

Activists successful 2017 would not admit this peace.

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The End Has Come For Kaepernick

None of these different guys person reached the ceiling Kaepernick erstwhile did successful starting for a Super Bowl team. But their imaginable is overmuch higher than the level Kaepernick fell to astatine the extremity of his NFL career.

Notice what I did there? "At the extremity of his NFL career" was not typed by mistake. 

That extremity so came aft the 2016 season.

It conscionable truthful happens that it took astir a decennary for everyone to judge it and seemingly determination on.