Kansas City Chiefs will watch Colin Kaepernick workout after all

After an original report said the Chiefs would pass, it turns out Kansas City will send someone to watch Colin Kaepernick work out on Saturday.

Early reports had the Kansas City Chiefs among a number of teams who were not going to attend an upcoming workout on Saturday featuring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. It turns out that report was wrong. Now Herbie Teope of the Kansas City Star is reporting that the Chiefs will send someone to check him out after all.

Clark Hunt, the Chiefs owner, guessed that general manager Brett Veach would end up sending someone in remarks to reporters earlier this week. Hunt never specifically said the Chiefs were interested in Hunt, but rather, he noted that it’s in Veach’s nature to do his homework on any and all possibilities to improve the roster. It’s due diligence and nothing more.

For the Chiefs, Kaepernick would not represent any real investment or interest in the current year. Instead, any move would likely focus on 2020 given that Matt Moore and Chad Henne are both slated to be free agents after this season is over. Patrick Mahomes is, of course, the starter under center for the Chiefs, but that leaves Kyle Shurmur, a developmental arm at best, as the sole backup for Mahomes.

Given that Mahomes will be a veteran moving forward, it would serve the Chiefs well to start to develop young prospects who can serve as backups during their tenure on the roster as well as trade fodder in future seasons. The Patriots have done well to keep the cupboards pretty stocked even with Tom Brady at the helm. They’ve enjoyed the security of having Jacoby Brissett and Jimmy Garoppolo among others behind Brady in case of emergency while then being able to trade them when they receive an offer too good to refuse.

Still Kaepernick is at least another name to check out, albeit one who hasn’t played professional football since the 2016 season