The Cleveland Browns have been silent in the three weeks since Colin Kaepernick became a free agent a year after they were reportedly willing to make a trade for the controversial veteran quarterback.
Joe Thomas, the Browns' Pro Bowl left tackle and part-time Twitter analyst, has offered a possible reason why, saying NFL teams no longer look at Kaepernick as an elite player at his position, and that his political stance of taking a knee during the national anthem in 2016 was too much for a player who was neither a starter nor a star.