leading many to say it was a publicity stunt. let's bring in howie kurtz, host a media buzz. okay, i don't know a lot about football, but i know stones when i see them, i think that's what this was. but who did it help? >> man, colin kaepernick took his own helmet and hit himself over the head. he was effectively blacklisted from the nfl for three years. he had a shot. the nfl set it up, 25 teams going to attend and then he moves there because he wants the media to attend, so all of the journalist got to see his tattoos. he got a lot of headlines, but like throwing it horrible out a bounce pass, he probably threw away any chance of rejoining the nfl at least this year. >> dana: who would have benefited from the stunt? was the nfl trying to put this behind them? or were they sincere about seeing if they could find a team that we want to take him? >> i think the nfl would love to have an end to the colin kaepernick controversy. he is a polarizing figure, a