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Michael Irvin has shut down talk of the Dallas Cowboys bringing in Colin Kaepernick after Stephen A. Smith proposed the former quarterback as a solution to the franchise's injury woes.
As Dak Prescott looks set to miss six to eight weeks with a fractured right thumb, ESPN's Smith suggested the Cowboys look left of left-field in one of the more improbable takes he has had for some time.
On Monday's edition of First Take, Smith floated the possibility of rolling the dice on the polarizing faded football-star-turned-activist.
Cowboys backup Cooper Rush will start at quarterback on Sunday as the AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals travel to Jerry World.
Smith though, has other ideas for what the 'Boys should do moving forward.
'You know what, this is a different subject for another day maybe. It will never happen, in my opinion, might want to make that call to Colin Kaepernick,' he said.
'Might want to find out. He ain't been around but he's a playmaker with his legs who's available, you gotta take that into consideration.'
Smith did explain that he felt Kaepernick's arrival in Arlington would be fanciful, and yet not on the basis that he has not played in the NFL for 2,080 days.
Stephen A. Smith proposed Colin Kaepernick s a solution to the Dallas Cowboys' injury woes
Colin Kaepernick has not played an NFL game since New Year's Day of 2017 vs. the Seahawks
Cowboys' QB Dak Prescott looks set to miss six to eight weeks with a fractured right thumb
Rather, the obstacle he says, is the people who reside in Texas -- the home of the Cowboys.
'Now I don't think it will ever happen, because it's in Texas,' Smith said, 'In the state of Texas, patriotic individuals that they pride themselves on being.
'The whole Kaepernick situation was hijacked. that narrative was hijacked...and
