This week the attorney for Colin Kaepernick hinted the Raiders might be interested in the controversial quarterback. The NFL may be finding out his kneeling in protest may not so bad for business these days after he sent Nike sales through the roof with the ad campaign he did with them.
The potential interest for the Raiders would be as a backup to Derek Carr. Jon Gruden didn’t like EJ Manuel or Connor Cook to be the backup quarterback for the Oakland Raiders this year. So he cut both of them after the preseason and traded a 5th-round pick for AJ McCarron, who didn’t look any better in Buffalo than the two he just cut.