Colin Kaepernick workout is a long-overdue move for Las Vegas Raiders | Opinion

When Colin Kaepernick emerged from silence earlier this offseason and mounted what looked like another campaign for a shot at a comeback, eyebrows raised around the NFL. Talent evaluators and coaches - even those once sympathetic to the exiled quarterback’s plight - questioned the timing.

Why, after more than five years away from the game and nearly three years after balking at the Roger Goodell facilitated tryout, was Kaepernick, now 34, talking comeback again, they wondered. Legitimate longing for a return? Publicity stunt with his latest book set to release?

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