Colin Kaepernick — Who Still Thinks He Can Play In The NFL — Hasn't Watched A Game In 8 Years

It's hard to believe that it's been about eight years since Colin Kaepernick started taking a knee during the National Anthem, and while he has a right to do that, all 32 NFL teams have a right to say, "Yeah, that dude doesn't have the talent for us to put up with that nonsense."

Still, in the years since, Kaepernick has fought to get back to the NFL level, even turning down opportunities to play in other leagues,

Man, the guy must be a real NFL junkie, huh? To sue the league, settle, and then still want to play in the NFL? He must not do anything but watch NFL football morning, noon, and night, right?

Uh… no.

According to Page Six, Kaepernick — who now has a tech startup called Lumi — was part of the WSJ Tech Live Conference in California alongside Netflix boss Ted Sarandos, composer Hans Zimmer, and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (by the way, that seems like one of the most randomly assembled panels ever).

Kaepernick was asked whether or not he has watched much NFL lately, and he said he hasn't in a long, long time.

"I haven’t watched a game in 8 years," he said.

Really? I watch like 7+ hours of it every Sunday, and I haven't been begging teams to let me play for 8 years (I've been begging longer than that… c'mon guys, I have a pretty good arm).

Colin Kaepernick revealed that he hasn't watched the NFL in 8 years. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Kaepernick still wants to be in an NFL uniform at some point, despite having not watched a game in almost a decade. That's what box scores are for.

"Oh, I still check everybody’s stats," he said. "It also informs who my agent reaches out to, but I still check the stats. I see what’s going on. I don’t ever turn a game on though, because I’m not gonna support in that way, but I need to