Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett thinks free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick needs to have a job before the league and its players can progress toward resolutions on social issues.
"I think the first step to even being able to even have a conversation is making sure that Colin Kaepernick gets an opportunity to play in the NFL," Bennett said Wednesday, per Brady Henderson of ESPN.com. "I think before we even negotiate anything about whether we sit, whether we stand [during the national anthem], it should be a negotiation about opening up the doors for Colin Kaepernick and giving him an opportunity again, because I feel like through everything, that's been lost.