Kaepernick On Jay-Z's NFL Deal: 'You're Selling The Culture Out'

Colin Kaepernick is ALL THE SMOKE and he's still got everything to say. Matt & Stak sat down with the man who took a knee and changed sports forever, and he came with the real story: the fake NFL workout that turned into a legal trap, the waiver his own lawyers called malpractice, and the call from Jay-Z the day before that NFL deal went public. Ten years after the protest, Kaepernick still trains like he's getting the call tomorrow. He also breaks down the Super Bowl run, growing up biracial in Northern California, and what he actually wants to be remembered for, as a quarterback and as a man.

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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Fatherhood
00:04:06 - New book: The Perilous Fight
00:07:43 - Mental side of dealing with public backlash
00:11:09 - Assessment after 10 years of kneeling & attempts to get back in the NFL
00:23:15 - Eric Reid’s influence on taking a knee
00:28:35 - Nike relationship
00:32:10 - Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf influence
00:33:45 - Reacting to Jay-Z comments
00:38:34 - $150M grievance and the real story on settlement
00:41:03 - AD Break: DraftKings Sports, Manscaped, NBA 2k27
00:43:05 - Football vs. Baseball
00:44:03 - Growing up bi-racial
00:47:07 - Love for quarterback position
00:49:15 - Scripting the Super Bowl touchdown weeks in advance 00:54:53 – Harbaugh, practice culture, and getting a "PhD in football"
00:57:32 – Memorizing his first NFL playbook
00:59:38 – Audibles as a rookie backup
01:02:36 – Alex Smith, the 49ers defense, and earning the job
01:07:23 – What a coach's confidence does to a quarterback
01:08:48 – The Lambeau/Candlestick rushing record games
01:11:07 – NFC Championship comeback vs. the Falcons
01:13:15 – Super Bowl XLVII: the blackout game vs. the Ravens 01:17:11 – Looking back on his career, ten years later
1:18:58 – The untapped power of player leverage
1:20:52 – Quick hitters

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