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Panthers GM talks about keeping QB King on roster
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Haynes King looks to pass Aug. 6
during the game against the Arizona Cardinals at Tom Benson Hall of
Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.
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Long live the King, says Carolina Panthers general manager Dan Morgan.
On Sunday, rookie Haynes King was one of three quarterbacks — alongside starter Bryce Young and backup Kenny Pickett — featured on the Panthers' initial 53-man roster. His inclusion marked the first time that Morgan and his front office kept three passers through the summer.
Morgan explained that decision on Tuesday.
"You look at his athleticism and then seeing him out there on the field," he told reporters. "You watch his college tape and you think he's just a runner. He's not just a runner. He can sit in the pocket, he can process, he can get the ball out quick, he knows where to go with the ball.
"And I think you saw him in the Hall of Fame Game — the way that he operated the offense, led the offense. We felt like he was a guy we didn't want to expose to waivers. We didn't wanna let somebody have the opportunity to get him. He's our type of guy. The type of guy that we wanna work with and continue to develop."
That Hall of Fame Game saw King complete 21 of his 34 throws for 180 yards and two touchdowns in Carolina's 33-30 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. He also scored the game-winning 5-yard touchdown run as time expired.
His walk-off rush, however, came at a price — as King injured his hamstring on the dive into the end zone. He was unable to suit up for the remaining three preseason outings.
In a positive sign, King was seen participating in practice Tuesday morning.
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Players with advanced CTE got lowest impairment rating
CHRIS BUMBACA USA Today
NFL players diagnosed with advanced CTE after death who also demonstrated cognitive impairment in testing during their life still did not meet the requirements for financial compensation under the NFL Concussion Settlement, according to a Boston University study published Wednesday.
Researchers examined 33 NFL players diagnosed with CTE after an autopsy who had completed the baseline assessment program (BAP) stipulated by the 2014 settlement – that ended a yearslong class-action lawsuit – in what researchers called the largest study to date linking cognitive testing performance during life with CTE confirmed posthumously.
The results, published in JAMA Network Open, found that seven participants had advanced (Stage 3 or 4) CTE.
Six of those seven showed measurable cognitive impairment on testing, yet all seven received the lowest impairment rating (Level 0) on the BAP's system, according to documentation provided to researchers by players' families.
"The BAP's diagnostic criteria might miss cases of cognitive impairment that are objectively measurable and associated with confirmed CTE pathology," Michael Alosco, PhD, co-director of clinical research at the BU CTE Center said in a statement. "This has important implications for former players seeking diagnosis and potential compensation through the NFL Concussion Settlement."
The participants' average age at the time of testing was 63, and their average age of death was 65. The most-common problem was memory, particularly short-term, with 63% of the participants affected. Executive function (52%) and language (41%) were other common impairments.
"This is the largest study of its kind to directly link the amount of CTE pathology found at autopsy with objective cognitive testing during life," Anna Aaronson, lead author and a PhD student at the Boston University CTE Center said in a statement. "These findings provide an important roadmap for recognizing CTE in living patients."
The settlement has paid out $1.7 billion as of Monday.
10 years after kneel, Kaepernick says NFL is blackballing him
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Kaepernick
A decade after his stance against racial injustice made headlines far beyond the sports world, former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick says that while his mission goes on, his love for the NFL is long gone.
Speaking with NBC News, the 38-year-old admitted he no longer watches the NFL, saying, "I'm not gonna support an organization that one, is actively blackballing me, but two, has targeted my brothers who have been protesting as part of this as well. I watch college football."
During the 2016 preseason, Kaepernick and then49ers teammate Eric Reid kneeled during the national anthem before a game. While he had previously sat on the bench during the anthem earlier that preseason, the image of him and Reid on a knee while their teammates stood for the anthem quickly circulated around the world.
At the time, he told the NFL Network, "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."
Kaepernick, who led the 49ers to the Super Bowl to conclude the 2012 season, was out of the league after 2016 and would never play again. He and Reid would later sue the NFL alleging collusion in keeping them out of the league. They settled in 2019.
Kaepernick has since devoted his time to initiatives such as Know Your Rights camps, whose aim is "to advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders," and helping pay for independent autopsies for people who died as a result of incidents involving police.
Asked by NBC if he thinks about his football legacy, Kaepernick said, "I don't think about legacy a whole lot. What I think about is what are the areas that I can do work that I think are going to have an impact and help us move towards that future together. At the end of the day, people will decide what that legacy is, and hopefully that's a positive one."
Kaepernick wrote a memoir, "The Perilous Fight," that will be available on Sept. 15.
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