Football Night in America crew implores Texans to sign Colin Kaepernick

With Deshaun Watson lost for the season due to a torn ACL, analysts Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison called for the Texans to pick up Colin Kaepernick. With Deshaun Watson lost for the season due to a torn ACL, analysts Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison called for the Texans to pick up Colin Kaepernick. Photo: Gerry Broome/AP Photo: Gerry Broome/AP Image 1 of / 156 Caption Close Football Night in America crew implores Texans to sign Colin Kaepernick 1 / 156 Back to Gallery

Prior to the Sunday Night Football game against the Raiders and Dolphins, the Football Night in America crew on NBC discussed the Texans' sputtering situation at quarterback, with a couple analysts making the suggestion the team should pick up Colin Kaepernick.

With Deshaun Watson lost for the season due to a torn ACL, analysts Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison called for the Texans to pick up Kaepernick, who has not played in an NFL game since Jan. 1 with the 49ers and has been the subject of controversy due to his decision to protest the national anthem as a response to police brutality toward people of color.

Your browser does not support iframes.

"Sign Colin Kaepernick. You don't have good quarterback play. When you have a mobile quarterback, your offense looks different. There is a mobile quarterback out there to get," Dungy said.

The analysts indicated that the Texans' offense cannot be successful with a traditional pocket passer like Tom Savage at the helm.

"I agree with you. As a player, I would lose all respect for my coaches and my organization if there was a guy out there that actually started a Super Bowl that is better than the guy that we have. How do you have confidence in your coach? How can you trust what your coach is trying to sell, the system that he is trying to sell, when he is not doing everything in his power to win football games?" Harrison added.

"Sign Colin Kaepernick, he gives you a great opportunity. Very similar to what Deshaun Watson is."