# Antonio Brown v.s. Colin Kaepernick **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 3, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antonio-brown-v-s-colin-kaepernick/924606 "2020-11-03T02:15:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antonio-brown-v-s-colin-kaepernick/924606/12 "2020-11-06T22:35:56Z")
In 2018? He wouldn’t commit to not kneeling. So, yes, political. From the more or less defunct Kap thread: > [@Were you surprised by the backlash from Kaepernick, other athletes kneeling vs. the public](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-surprised-by-the-backlash-from-kaepernick-other-athletes-kneeling-vs-the-public/842146/300): > > How so? As far as I can tell, none of these are true. The Seahawks expressed interest in 2017 - they were the only team to publicly do so - and backed out. That’s coming from Pete Carroll himself. Anybody who signed with Seattle would know Russell Wilson was the QB and any spot would be a backup. And he told them [he’d be comfortable as a backup](https://twitter.com/Schultz_Report/status/867751074840674304) himself. The Seahawks pitiful excuse for a reason was they thought he was [too good](https://twitter.com/BradyHenderson/status/1271197901096534016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1271197901096534016&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theringer.com%2Fnfl%2F2020%2F6%2F15%2F21289577%2Fcolin-kaepernick-protest-black-lives-matter-nfl-team-excuses) and another team would make him a starter - the “logic” was they wa… > [@Were you surprised by the backlash from Kaepernick, other athletes kneeling vs. the public](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-surprised-by-the-backlash-from-kaepernick-other-athletes-kneeling-vs-the-public/842146/301): > > Board issues had me miss the edit window but those reasons are even worse in 2020 for other reasons. The Seahawks in 2018 were set to sign him and backed out when they didn’t get a commitment from Kap [not to protest during the anthem](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/23135580/seattle-seahawks-postpone-visit-colin-kaepernick-say-stop-kneeling-anthem). And worse for the “out of the league too long” excuse, in 2017, Bill O’Brien in Houston said he thought Kap hadn’t played recently enough. He then signed Josh Johnson, somebody not nearly as good and who hadn’t been in the NFL since 2011 (!!!). So, Kap, who playe… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antonio-brown-v-s-colin-kaepernick/924606)._