When Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco injured his back this offseason, it looked as if Colin Kaepernick’s path back to the NFL was finally paved.
However, according to former Ravens legend Ray Lewis, just as the move was set in motion, a tweet from Kaepernick’s girlfriend alluding to team owner Steve Bisciotti as a slave owner and Lewis as a slave brought everything to a halt.
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Lewis said the following on Showtime’s “Inside the NFL” which aired Tuesday:
"I have been fighting for this kid behind the table like nobody has ... I've never been against Colin Kaepernick. But I am against the way he's done it.
"Then, his girl [Colin Kaepernick's girlfriend] goes out and put out this racist gesture and doesn't know we are in the back office about to try to get this guy signed. Steve Bisciotti has said it himself, 'How can you crucify Ray Lewis when Ray Lewis is the one calling for Colin Kaepernick?' ...
"When they (Ravens) called me, it was to say, 'Yes or no?' ... We were going to close the deal to sign him ... Steve Bisciotti said, 'I want to hear Colin Kaepernick speak to let me know that he wants to play football.' ... And it never happens because that picture comes up the next day."
Since opting out of his contract with the 49ers in March, Kaepernick remains unsigned. Many believe his continued unemployment is tied to his kneeling during the national anthem last season as a way to protest police brutality and other racial injustices.