Kaepernick, Griffin could be options for Seahawks
Published 5:51 am Thursday, May 18, 2017
Could Colin Kaepernick really be an option for the Seattle Seahawks? Coach Pete Carroll did not rule it out during a Seattle radio interview Monday.
Asked if Kaepernick or Robert Griffin III, both free agents, could be quarterback options for the Seahawks, Carroll said, “We are looking at everybody. We really are. We’ve been tracking everything that’s going on and we’ve got cap and roster issues and stuff like that that we’re still trying to manage properly. But quite frankly, yes, we are looking at all those guys.”
Kaepernick, who led the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl following the 2012 season, and Griffin remain the two biggest-name available QBs whose styles seem to fit Seattle’s scheme.
Seattle’s current backup, Trevone Boykin, was arrested in Dallas in March on marijuana possession and public intoxication charges, a case that remains ongoing (Boykin was also arrested a week later for violating his probation as a result of the March incident). After being arraigned May 3, Boykin’s next court date is July 14 in Dallas County Criminal Court.
The Seahawks have publicly supported Boykin at every turn and have said the NFL has not told them there is any reason he will not be available to them in 2017.
— The Seattle Times