NFL legend Michael Irvin eviscerates concept of Colin Kaepernick signing up for Cowboys: 'Let's just stop'

The Dallas Cowboys have a significant concern at quarterback going ahead immediately after Dak Prescott fractured his proper thumb in Sunday night’s reduction to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

When the Cowboys will most likely go with Cooper Rush as the setting up quarterback and Will Grier as his backup, ESPN star Stephen A. Smith floated the probability of the group getting a flier on Colin Kaepernick. Smith said he did not assume it would at any time come about but broached the matter anyway.

"You know what, this is a different subject for one more working day it's possible. It will by no means transpire, in my opinion … could want to make that simply call to Colin Kaepernick," Smith reported on "1st Take" Monday. "Might want to find out. He ain’t been close to but he’s a playmaker with his legs who’s obtainable, you gotta choose that into consideration."

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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott rolls out of the pocket towards the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. (G3 Box News Photograph/Ron Jenkins)

Smith mentioned he did not assume it would go over effectively with Cowboys followers in Texas, alluding to Kaepernick’s final decision to kneel in the course of the countrywide anthem to protest racial injustice and the U.S., and claimed the previous San Francisco 49ers quarterback’s concept was "hijacked."

"But I would consider about it, I would say that. But finding again to actuality, because I really don't consider that is truth," he extra.

Michael Irvin, the previous Cowboys superstar broad receiver completely brushed off the narrative of Kaepernick playing in the NFL.

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Michael Irvin attends the Harold and Carole Pump Foundation Gala at The Beverly Hilton on Aug. 19, 2022, in Beverly Hills, California. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Illustrations or photos)

"Let us cease with this Colin Kaepernick things. Let us just halt. Colin Kaepernick’s been out of soccer for what 5 years now," Irvin stated. "Arrive on, man. Let us quit all of a unexpected pondering we can go resurrect Colin Kaepernick and he’s going to occur and resurrect a soccer group. I’ll take my possibilities with Cooper Rush. I will choose my probabilities with Cooper Rush.

"I noticed Cooper Hurry get a football activity past calendar year. That’s all I’m expressing."

Smith claimed he brought the subject matter up simply because "five different men and women" set it into his ear.

Kaepernick hasn’t played since the 2016 year but has maintained he’s staying prepared just in situation a crew phone calls.

The former 49ers quarterback ignited a firestorm throughout the 2016 season by kneeling through the countrywide anthem ahead of online games to protest versus racial and social injustice. He left the 49ers right after the period and unsuccessful to sign with one more staff. He accused NFL house owners of collaborating to keep him out of the league, a declare he later on settled with the league.

Colin Kaepernick appears to be like to make a move through a private NFL training on Nov. 16, 2019, in Riverdale, Georgia. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Illustrations or photos)

He started off the Know Your Rights camp to "advance the liberation and effectively-being of Black and Brown communities as a result of training, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization and the creation of new units that elevate the next technology of modify leaders."

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In the latest a long time, he’s been hoping to get again into the league soon after comparing the NFL Draft to a slave auction, contacting for the abolition of prisons, and supporting the defund the law enforcement movement.