An NFL insider thinks there’s a good possibility former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick will join Jim Harbaugh’s coaching staff on the Los Angeles Chargers for the 2024 season.
Kaepernick and Harbaugh have a good relationship. As previously discussed on GH, Kaepernick promoted Harbaugh to the NFL this month. Following Kaepernick’s comments, I questioned if Kaepernick would be willing to give up his dreams of being a quarterback in the NFL to coach quarterbacks in the NFL.
That might be closer to happening than most people imagine.
Two former San Francisco 49ers could join forces next season
According to Mike Florio with NBC Sports, Harbaugh has shown interest in promoting Kaepernick’s career in the past:
During the early days of Kaepernick’s collusion-fueled exile from the NFL, Harbaugh appeared on PFT Live and vowed that Kaepernick could deliver championships — plural — to an NFL team.
Two years ago, Harbaugh (as PFT reported) was considering the possibility of bringing Kaepernick to Minnesota as the quarterbacks coach, if Harbaugh had been hired. It’s unknown whether Kaepernick, now 36, would have been (or now would be) willing to do that.
Jim Harbaugh has the power to hire Colin Kaepernick
Florio thinks Harbaugh has the political capital to hire Kaepernick to his new staff with the Chargers “in an effort to right a seven-year wrong” of Kaepernick being ousted from the league.
Hiring Kaepernick would be a profoundly polarizing decision for Harbaugh and the Chargers. Many fans are passionate about never wanting to see Kaepernick in the NFL again. However, many other fans appreciate what Kaepernick protested and risked.
Harbaugh said he disagreed with Kaepernick’s protest. But Harbaugh didn’t believe in canceling Kaepernick for exercising his right to protest in a manner that a military veteran advised him to.
Maybe it’s time certain NFL fans learned to coexist with a player with different beliefs.
Related: Kaepernick promotes Harbaugh to the NFL
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