Roger Goodell Comments on the NFL's Avoidance of Colin Kaepernick At a press conference for the
upcoming Super Bowl, the league's commissioner was asked about why the quarterback is
still a free agent. Roger Goodell, via press conference It is believed that Kaepernick's protest of police brutality during the
national anthem is the reason why teams
have avoided him and picked up
inferior quarterbacks instead. He has not played since the end of the 2016 season.