Cowboys DE Robert Quinn: Colin Kaepernick being out of league ‘embarrassing to America’

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FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys defensive end Robert Quinn wishes Colin Kaepernick good luck in Saturday’s planned workout.

The NFL scheduled a workout in Atlanta for teams to evaluate the quarterback who last played in 2016, when he began kneeling to protest police brutality and social injustice toward people of color. At least 24 of the NFL’s 32 teams were expected to staff the workout as of Friday afternoon, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

“He should never even have been in this position for having your voice heard,” Quinn said Friday from his locker. “Took his team to the Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, done all that stuff. For him to go through all he had to go through for making a stance, which the media took and ran with and put him in this situation?

“It’s kind of embarrassing to America that this guy got to go re-prove himself over making a stance on something that still hasn’t been confronted in today’s world.”

Two people familiar with the situation told USA TODAY Sports on Wednesday that the Cowboys would staff the workout. On Friday morning, team owner Jerry Jones reverted on that stance while speaking with Dallas radio station 105.3 The Fan. Executive vice president Stephen Jones said Friday afternoon the Cowboys would watch the tape the league said it will send all 32 teams. Stephen Jones declined to answer whether this had always been the plan, contrary to reports, or if the team had changed its mind.

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“I think the biggest thing for us right now is we’re very happy with our quarterback situation,” Stephen Jones told 105.3 The Fan when asked. “We’re very happy with our young quarterback [and] working hard to try to re-sign Dak.”

Prescott is on pace for his best career marks in passing yards, completion percentage, touchdowns and sack percentage. The Cowboys lead the league with 437.4 total yards per game, and rank fourth with 27.4 points per game, despite their 5-4 record. Prescott is on the last year of his rookie deal. Second-year undrafted free agent Cooper Rush is Prescott’s backup, but Prescott has not missed a game in four years.

Players across the Cowboys locker room supported Kaepernick’s return and the measures necessary to ensure it.

“Hell yeah, that’d be dope,” safety Byron Jones said. “Of course. A big quarterback like that who can run and make plays outside the pocket? I remember in college watching him play like, ‘This dude’s amazing.’

“Hopefully he’s still got it.”

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