Roger Goodell Comments on the NFL's Avoidance of Colin Kaepernick At a press conference for the <br />upcoming Super Bowl, the league's commissioner was asked about why the quarterback is <br />still a free agent. Roger Goodell, via press conference It is believed that Kaepernick's protest of police brutality during the <br />national anthem is the reason why teams <br />have avoided him and picked up <br />inferior quarterbacks instead. He has not played since the end of the 2016 season.
