NFL Monday: Kaepernick Works Out, Rivers Looks Ahead

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🗓️ 18 November 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Colin Kaepernick's Saturday workout didn't seem to get him or the NFL what they wanted. But it did put a fine point on the state of quarterbacks around the league. ESPN NFL expert Bill Barnwell breaks down the workout story, and what it means for Kaep and the teams. And, ahead of tonight's game in Mexico City: what does Philip Rivers' future look like with - or without - the Los Angeles Chargers? ESPN Chargers reporter Eric Williams joins Mina to examine Rivers' role in the game... and his uniquely meme-able face. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Agent for Colin Kaepernick said the quarterback worked out for eight NFL team Saturday.
0:04.4	Kaepernick worked out about an hour away from Atlanta at a high school instead of attending the scheduled workout with the NFL at the Falcons facility.
0:16.8	The NFL and Colin Kaepernick are at odds again.
0:20.7	After the league's plan to host the quarterback for a workout went awry,
0:24.8	why it happened, what went wrong, and who would benefit from signing him?
0:30.5	Then, could this be the end of the road for Philip Rivers and the Chargers?
0:35.8	I'm Mina Kimes.
0:37.5	It's Monday, November 18th.
0:39.8	This is ESPN Daily, presented by Indeed.
0:48.4	Hey, it's Bill.
0:49.6	Hey, Bill. How's it going?
0:50.8	Hey, what's up?
0:52.0	Bill Barnwell is a senior football writer at ESPN. Bill, we usually
0:56.4	talk about the biggest story from the NFL, but this weekend, the biggest story in the league didn't
1:03.6	actually take place on Sunday. It happened on Saturday. Yes. When Colin Kaepernick, three years after he last played professional football, worked out
1:14.2	in front of NFL scouts and the world, as you know, Colin settled with the league earlier
1:19.4	this year after accusing the NFL of colluding to keep him out because of his protests
1:24.3	of racial injustice.
1:26.2	After that happened, everyone kind of assumed he would
1:29.9	never play again. Then on Tuesday, the NFL out of nowhere invites him to a workout, and then on
1:36.9	Saturday, everything explodes. Let's walk through how this all broke down. Yeah. The NFL for three years had seemingly no interest in bringing Colin Kaepernick back.
1:48.9	And then out of nowhere, the NFL reaches out to Colin Kaepernick's representation,
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