Terrell Owens says politics are keeping him and Kaepernick out of the NFL

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Terrell Owens has not played an NFL game in seven Brooks Robinson Jersey years, and he says it's because he's just like .Second on the NFL's all-time list of receiving leaders, the outspoken wideout this week that "they know I can play" at age 44. When asked why he hasn't earned a job since 2012, when the released him Manny Machado Jersey before the regular season, Owens suggested that he has been blacklisted by league executives like Kaepernick, the former quarterback."What's stopping Colin Kaepernick from being in the league?" he said. "Owners, general managers. It's all about an opportunity. That's it. It's the same thing with Colin. You're trying to tell me that he can't play in the league right now? Really? Just saying. But it's politics. It is what it is." Kaepernick, of course, has been out of the NFL since March after opting out of his 49ers' Adam Jones Jersey contract before the team planned to release him. His decision to kneel during pregame national anthems in 2016 to protest social injustice and police brutality sparked a wave of player protests and made him a polarizing figure in the national debate over race relations. The ex-Niners starter never warranted more than Zach Britton Jersey a few reported inquiries in 2017, when hundreds of other NFL players followed in his footsteps to peacefully protest social injustice on the field. But unlike Owens, he didn't spend more than a half-decade out of the league before fading from the spotlight, and his notoriety was characterized more by activism than Cedric Mullins Jersey the locker-room feuds of T.O.'s career.In persistent public pursuit of a return to the NFL since his days with the in 2010, Owens also told TMZ that he still runs a 40-yard dash between 4.4 and 4.5 seconds, saying "you've never seen me get caught from behind," but indicated he might Trey Mancini Jersey also be OK with retirement -- "I appreciate the years that I played, and now, life goes on." A six-time Pro Bowler and five-time All-Pro honoree, Owens began his career with the 49ers, spending eight seasons Earl Weaver Jersey in San Francisco before tumultuous stops with the (2004-2005), (2006-2008) and a one-year stint with the (2009). He also played part of the 2012 season with Allen Wranglers (now Texas Revolution), an Indoor Football League franchise for which he also became a co-owner.
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