12:02 pm | August 16, 2018 | Go to Source | Author:
3:57 PM ET
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — As the Denver Broncos try to decide what they’ll do to find a backup quarterback, president of football operations/general manager John Elway said Thursday that Colin Kaepernick would not be a consideration.
In a week when the Broncos demoted Paxton Lynch to the No. 3 quarterback and working second-year quarterback Chad Kelly as the No. 2, Elway has not ruled out signing a veteran to be Case Keenum‘s backup.
Thursday he was asked if Kaepernick was “a viable option.” Elway gave a deposition in May for Kaepernick’s lawyers in Kaepernick’s collusion case against the NFL. Kaepernick attended the deposition.
“You know what, and I said this a while ago, Colin had his chance to be here, we offered him a contract and he didn’t take it,” Elway said. “As I said in my deposition … he had his chance to be here, he passed it.”