NFL fans clamor for Colin Kaepernick to get another chance as Colts' quarterback situation spirals

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Daniel Jones heads into the bye week with his team sitting at 8-2. The veteran signal caller reflects on that performance as well as his future with the franchise.

Colin Kaepernick has not played a down of football since the 2016 season with the San Francisco 49ers, but it didn’t stop some NFL fans from clamoring for his return to the gridiron.

Reports indicated Monday that Philip Rivers was going to work out for the Indianapolis Colts as the AFC South team’s season spirals out of control with all three of their quarterbacks hurt. Rivers played the 2020 season with the Colts and retired after that. He recently turned 44 and became a grandfather.

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Eli Harold #58, Colin Kaepernick #7 and Eric Reid #35 of the San Francisco 49ers kneel in protest on the sideline, during the anthem, prior to the game against the Buffalo Bills at New Era Field on Oct. 16, 2016 in Orchard Park, New York. (Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images)

NFL fans suggested on social media that the Colts should give Kaepernick a look despite the quarterback being out of the league for nearly 10 years.

He has still held out hope that he would get another NFL shot, and his girlfriend made it clear as recently as August.

"All day, every day," Nessa Diab told TMZ Sports over the weekend. "Nothing’s changed."

She added that "of course" he still wants to play.

"It’s all up to the teams if they’ll let him," she said.

Kaepernick, 38, last suited up for the during the 2016 season when he created a firestorm protesting racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem. He was 17-of-22 for 215 yards and a touchdown in his last NFL game against the Seattle Seahawks.

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