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This is the best of the Ben Mallor show on Fox Sports Radio.

For another day, right there at the top of the fold, A number one, the mover is shake,

who does not talk.

He's like a Buddhist monk.

He's taking a vow of silence, but he still continues to draw headlines.

Colin Kaepernick.

The chatter continues.

He is the most talked about person that talks the least.

Former NFL player now unemployed.

Go out and get a real job, Kaepernick.

That's what other people have to do when they're unemployed.

But anyway, if you've been in a dark place and you have not been exposed to any forms of sports media,

then maybe, just maybe, you might have not paid attention.

You might have missed this.

But the big top of the fold headline, which has been dissected under a microscope over and over and over again, is the latest wrinkle.

Now, we've got dueling stories here.

Now, we talked at the end of the show yesterday about the story that had broken in the overnight hours because that's the first thing.

There was a report saying that Colin Kaepernick had actually been offered a job,

and he turned it down because the contract was for the minimum salary,

which seems completely plausible that that scenario played out.

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