Colin Kaepernick Would Fit on Seahawks After Russell Wilson Trade, Rasheem Green Says

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Rasheem Green said he'd be on board for the team to sign quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who recently worked out with Hawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett.

Green told TMZ Sports on Tuesday he's a fan of Kaepernick, who last played in 2016 with the San Francisco 49ers.

"That's not really up to me, but I feel like he would be a good fit there," Green said, adding: "He's a great guy. Like what he stands for."

Kaepernick posted some highlights from Monday's session with Lockett:

The Seahawks wideout declared the quarterback is ready for an NFL return:

Kaepernick, 34, has reiterated numerous times over the past six years he'd like to resume his football career, which was halted after he started the movement of taking a knee during the national anthem to protest racial injustice and police brutality.

The former Niners starter explained his motivation to NFL Media after he began kneeling in August 2016:

"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick said. "To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."

The Wisconsin native and his former San Francisco teammate, Eric Reid, filed a collusion lawsuit against the league that ended with a legal settlement in February 2019.

In June 2020, Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said he wished the team could have signed Kaepernick in 2017, but the timing wasn't right, with Russell Wilson locked in as the team's starter.

"I regret that we weren't the one way back when that just did it just to do it, even though I thought that it wasn't the right fit necessarily for us at the time," Carroll told reporters. "The reason it wasn't the right fit is because I held him in such a high regard I didn't see him as a backup quarterback and I didn't want to put him in that situation with Russ."

Now the question is whether Seattle might circle back, with Wilson having been traded to the Denver Broncos, leaving a major void at the position.

Drew Lock and Jacob Eason are the Hawks' only quarterbacks under contract for 2022.

How Kaepernick would perform after such an extended layoff is a mystery, but it sounds like he's at least got some support on the team from Lockett and Green.