ESPN star doesn't 'want to hear s---' about Colin Kaepernick playing QB in NFL, thinks he'd be good coach

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ESPN star Stephen A. Smith torched the notion of Colin Kaepernick returning to the NFL to play quarterback for a team, even as the free-agent player revealed he’s still angling for a chance nearly eight years after finishing up his last season with the San Francisco 49ers.

At the same time, Smith said the possibility of Kaepernick joining Jim Harbaugh’s staff with the Los Angeles Chargers as a coach is something he could get behind. But he didn’t want to hear anything about him playing another down in the NFL anymore.

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Stephen A. Smith on Colin Kaepernick: "What I would say, however, is, I don’t want to hear s--- about him being a quarterback no more." (Kostas Lymperopoulos/NBAE via Getty Images/File)

He made his remarks on "The Stephen A. Smith Show" on Wednesday.

"And now that he is back in the National Football League, he has earned the right to do what he wants if he wants to bring in Colin Kaepernick there, cool, no problem," Smith said. "I think Colin Kaepernick would be a good coach. I think that Colin Kaepernick, if he wants the opportunity, should be the coach. What I would say, however, is, I don’t want to hear s--- about him being a quarterback no more. 

"That ship should have sailed. Not only has it sailed, it should have sailed. I know some people don’t want to say it, I will. Now we’re going to ignore the fact that over his last two years quarterbacking in the National Football League in 2015 and 2016, Colin Kaepernick’s total record as a starter was 3-16. We’re going to ignore the fact that he hasn’t played football since that time?"

Smith expressed his belief that