The letter was released on social media by rapper J. Cole. It wasn't immediately known if anyone in the Jets organization actually received Kaepernick's letter.
with New York. Wilson has two touchdown passes and four interceptions with a 52.4 percent completion rate and is averaging just 5.6 yards per pass.
“I would be honored and extremely grateful for the opportunity to come in and lead the practice squad,” Kaepernick wrote in the two-page letter. “I would do this with the sole mission of getting your defense ready each week.”Kaepernick last played in the NFL with the 49ers on Jan. 1, 2017, after he began kneeling on the sideline at games during the national anthem to protest social injustice and police brutality.
“Let's just take a couple of breaths and I'm not going to say we need to relax,” a smiling Rodgers said, referring to one of his often-quoted lines when he was in Green Bay.
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