Colin Kaepernick writes letter to NY Jets offering to join while Aaron Rodgers says team needs to

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7. As early as 2016.

In 2016: after being replaced by Blaine Gabbert, Denver tried to trade for him but he refused to take a pay cut.
In 2017: brought in by Seattle for tryout as free agent. Baltimore considered him but after his girlfriend the owner to a slave owner that was dropped. There were other teams reported to be interested (Carolina, NY Jets?). This was also about the time everyone heard about his $20 million demands.

Then he filed the lawsuit at which point everyone shut up. First rule any lawyer will tell you in a lawsuit is don't talk to the other side except thru lawyers.

In 2019: Both the AAF and XFL reached out to him but he still demanded $20 million/year. They stopped talking to him after that.

All for a QB who has a 60% completion rate and QB rankings that dropped from 12-15 after the super bowl to upper 20s in 2015 & 2016.