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Seattle Seahawks' Richard Sherman blasts "idiots" keeping Colin Kaepernick out of NFL | The News Tribune

RENTON The varied, fully unchecked, outspoken and don’t-give-a-rip Richard Sherman was on full display. Again.

Minutes after the Seahawks’ three-time All-Pro cornerback gave a touching description of why he was at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital and Health Center in Tacoma last week, he went after “idiots” in the NFL who are keeping Colin Kaepernick out of the league.

Sherman was asked before practice on Tuesday if he was surprised Kaepernick, a starting quarterback in the Super Bowl 4 1/2 years ago, is unemployed while teams across the NFL play journeyman quarterbacks with losing pedigrees.

“No, I’m not that surprised.