Conversations with 21 executives and coaches over a four-year period reveal a confounding truth: Even as Colin Kaepernick was taking the league by storm, NFL decision-makers struggled to define him. "There is something missing there," one coach said.
How NFL coaches, GMs have defined Colin Kaepernick
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