With no quarterbacks on Sunday, the Denver Broncos will be seen as the perfect opportunity for Colin Capernick to play in the NFL again.
But that was never possible, as players acquired according to the rules of the league must remain in isolation for six days before joining their new team.
Denver will instead turn to receiver Kendall Hinton, a three-year starter for Wake Forest, who will not qualify against the Saints after learning any of his quarterbacks.
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Jeff Driscall tested positive for the virus on Thursday and later was believed to have had close contact with others, as he did not give the team enough time to call Kepernick.
Then again, Denver, who have not had a reliable quarterback since Pitton Manning in 2016, were able to reach the Copernicus in three years outside the 33-year-old league.
Broncos legend and GM John Alway said in 2018 that they would not consider signing Capernic because both parties failed to reach an agreement in 2016: Alway told reporters at the time.
Former second-round pick Capernick tweeted last week that he was still “working” to get his first job in the NFL since leaving the 49ers in 2017.
“1,363 days of being denied employment,” the quarterback wrote, which led to nearly 49ers winning the 2013 Super Bowl title.
Capernic was knocked back into the national spotlight this summer following professional athletes kneeling for the national anthem and protesting police brutality and racial injustice amid the country’s racism.
He had earlier accused the NFL and its owners of blackmailing him for social reasons, and the two sides reached an amicable settlement in 2019.
Commissioner Roger Goodell said in the summer that he supported the team that signed Kafernik and wished he had “heard” Kafernik’s messages earlier.
Kafernick later accused the NFL of running a “propaganda about how to take care of black life.”
