In 2016, a football player’s Tweet that contains exactly zero words is considered newsworthy. Particularly when the Tweet is sent from one former teammate to another. And the latter happens to be a big name quarterback that could be traded at any moment to the Tweeter’s new team.

Yes, former 49ers safety Donte Whitner Tweeted a series of emojis to Colin Kaepernick Friday, amid rumors that Kaepernick could be traded to the Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos or New York Jets.

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What exactly the emojis mean is up for interpretation. But our crack team at Niners Wire believes the message is something like:

“Dear Colin, how are things? Anyway, I’m paying attention to the stories on the Internet saying you may be interested in playing for Cleveland. I endorse that idea, given we played together in the Super Bowl three years ago and we let go of Johnny Manziel today. I’ll be watching the story as things progress with a strange smile on my face. -Hitner”

Whitner has not responded when asked for comment.