Chip Kelly has named Colin Kaepernick the starting quarterback this week for the 49ers game against the Bills.
Blaine Gabbert was one if not the worst starting quarterback in the NFL, so the 49ers really have nothing to lose here.
Kaepernick has a lot to gain though.
Fair or not, his message against police brutality and racial inequality will get a boost if he succeeds on the field or the flip side if he struggles people will use that against him message.
People are more apt to follow his lead if he is a successful football player and it will allow his message to spread. There will be a lot of people wishing for his downfall and for him to get hurt, because that is just how our country is right now, but this start is bigger than football and I think Kaepernick realizes that.