Kaepernick ‘Absolutely Wants to Play’ in NFL, His Lawyer Says Patriots or Panthers Might Bid

A Nike Ad featuring NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is on display, on Sept. 8, 2018, in New York City. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images

The lawyer for former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick said that his client wants to play in the NFL, adding that two teams likely to be interested in signing him on are the Carolina Panthers and New England Patriots.

Kaepernick’s attorney Mark Geragos told CNN in an interview on Feb. 16 that he believes in the next few weeks “somebody is going to step up.”