Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
CFL team adds Kaepernick and Griffin III to their exclusive negotiation list
Mar 20, 2017 at 2:33 PM
•
Videos are auto-populated by an affiliate. This site has no control over the videos that appear above.
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has not received much interest from NFL teams since becoming a free agent. Just in case that continues, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats have added Kaepernick and former Cleveland Browns quarterback Robert Griffin III to their exclusive negotiation list, per Kevin Seifert of
ESPN.
That does not mean that Kaepernick or Griffin are headed to the CFL. It just means that, should either decide to play in the Canadian league, the Tiger-Cats hold their rights.
"The Tiger-Cats also have the rights to former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel, who is attempting a comeback after sitting out the 2016 season," writes Seifert.
On March 3, Kaepernick officially opted out of the final year of his contract with the 49ers and became a free agent on March 9. Had Kaepernick not opted out of his contract, it was very likely that the 49ers would have cut the quarterback because of his $14.9 million due heading into the 2017 season.
RELATED Spike Lee thinks Kaepernick shun 'stinks to the high heavens'
According to 49ers general manager John Lynch, an NFL team came close to signing Kaepernick in the opening days of free agency, but the deal apparently fell through.
Kaepernick, who is still just 29 years old, was drafted by the 49ers in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft after playing college football at Nevada. In 2012, during his first year as a starter, the quarterback helped lead the 49ers to a Super Bowl after taking over for an injured Alex Smith and never relinquishing the job.
In 2016, Kaepernick completed 59.2-percent of his passes for 2,241 yards, 16 touchdowns, and four interceptions through 11 games. The 49ers have seemingly moved on from Kaepernick and have signed former Chicago Bears quarterbacks Brian Hoyer and Matt Barkley. The team is also expected to draft a quarterback in the 2017 NFL Draft, which kicks off on April 27.
Facebook Comments
More San Francisco 49ers News
NFL.com: 49ers' selection of Ricky Pearsall adds 'smooth' separator out wide
While many were surprised to hear wide receiver Ricky Pearsall's name called during the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, NFL.com's deputy editor, Gennaro Filice, wasn't among them.
Filice handed out his draft grades for the NFC West, and while the San Francisco 49ers earned the lowest marks of the group, it was still a respectable "B-" mark.
"The first-round selection of Ricky Pearsall took many by surprise, but not this keyboard jockey!" Filice wrote. "I had the Florida wideout coming off the board in Round 1 in my final
49ers Mailbag: Are Ronnie Bell and Danny Gray in jeopardy of losing their jobs? Which rookie will have the most impact in year one?
The San Francisco 49ers have a new draft class. Some liked what the team did. Some did not. But that's to be expected.
The 49ers draft class, along with undrafted rookie free agents will be preparing to go to rookie minicamp soon. They also have a handful of others they have invited to the minicamp as a tryout. So we hope to get plenty of news about the new rookies in the coming weeks.
For now, we've opened another edition of the 49ers Webzone Mailbag. Let's jump in and take a look around.
What are your thoughts on getting "your guy" versus "draft value"? The internet has been reacting accordingly over Pearsall's perceived draft value. - Justin
I think getting the player you want is more important than draft value. Especially when
Three 49ers land on Matt Miller's list of top 100 draft picks
Three San Francisco 49ers made it onto ESPN analyst Matt Miller's list of the 100 best picks, steals, and fits from the 2024 NFL Draft. He recently unveiled his ranking, considering various factors such as the pick's value, how well the player fits into the team's scheme, whether the selection addressed a team need, and what the prospect brings to the field.
The 49ers made eight picks during the draft, and Miller's take is intriguing, especially since he remains a dedicated fan of the team.
Let's break down which 49ers landed within Miller's recent ranking, starting with the highest-ranked player,
Did 49ers nearly reveal their hand before drafting Isaac Guerendo?
NFL insiders hear so much information about team interests leading up to the NFL Draft, making it challenging to discern fact from fiction—or smoke screens. A few weeks before the draft, Tony Pauline of Sportskeeda reported an intriguing tidbit about a former Louisville running back—the San Francisco 49ers were not just interested, but very interested.
Pauline took to social media to share that, according to what he was hearing, the 49ers had a third-round grade on Isaac Guerendo and were considering drafting him if he was still available at the end of the second day of the draft.
Shortly afterward, Pauline's social media post mysteriously
