Something intriguing come about with your team lately, Josh?
Raiders head mentor Josh McDaniels refused to remedy queries about Colin Kaepernick in a push meeting Thursday – in spite of the reality that the staff brought the former NFL quarterback in for an unprecedented exercise the working day prior to.
“We will only talk about the individuals that are on our team,” the former Patriots offensive coordinator claimed Thursday. “Dave (Ziegler) and his workers have labored out tons of fellas this spring. We definitely don’t make remarks about the evaluations that we designed or what they seemed like, what they did not glimpse like, strengths and weaknesses, those types of factor. They are naturally type of personal for us as we appear at factors to check out to make conclusions to make the team superior.
“If players are included to the team, then obviously we’ll converse about them at that issue.”
The Raiders brought Kaepernick – who hasn’t played a down in the NFL considering the fact that 2016, when he began kneeling for the countrywide anthem – in for a exercise session on Wednesday, the to start with time a workforce has proven official desire in him because the Seahawks introduced him in for a take a look at in 2017. Reports out of the workout were being constructive NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport tweeted that he impressed and that the “door is open,” even though ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported the group famous his “arm toughness and very good total conditioning.”
The Raiders have Derek Carr entrenched as a starter, but misplaced final year’s backup, Marcus Mariota, to the Falcons all through the offseason. If signed, Kaepernick could theoretically slide into that job and most likely be involved in some offers as a runner.
Nonetheless, the workforce has manufactured it really very clear that they will not focus on him publicly until the ink is set to the paper.
“We introduced in tons of people for exercises,” McDaniels claimed. “If there is an prospect to improve the team, we reported it from Working day 1 that we would glance at every chance. He’s not the initially player that we’ve appeared at and not the past one. There are heading to be a large amount of men and women who are heading to come in and out of this making and have an opportunity to make an impact.”
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