Colts Signing Chad Kelly Proves the NFL Continues to Give the Wrong People Second Chances

Hey remeber that Chad Kelly guy? The quarterback who had all the talent in the world but just couldn't stop getting himself into trouble? I'm sure you probably thought he was out of the NFL, just like all of us did.

Well, it appears he's still sticking around, and now he's signing with the Indianapolis Colts.

Yet again, the NFL is choosing to give the wrong player a second chance (a fourth or fifth chance in this case).

If you aren't aware of all the controversy surrounding Kelly, here's a quick rundown of what he's gotten himself into. While he was in college, he got dismissed from Clemson for "conduct detrimental to the team," due to an alleged brawl he got into outside of a Buffalo night club during which he threatened to "spray this place" with an AK-47. And after it seemed like those type of incidents were behind him, he got into another brawl at his younger brother's high school football game the next year.

Once he got into the NFL as the final pick in the 2017 draft, he still didn't clean up his act, getting himself released after being arrested for suspicion of first-degree criminal activity.

We aren't the first to say this, and we certainly won't be the last, but every time a team signs someone with the type of track record that Kelly has, only one name comes to mind: Colin Kaepernick.

Everyone's entitled to their own opinion on Kaepernick and his anthem protests, but if anyone seriously believes Chad Kelly deserves to play in the NFL and Colin Kaepernick doesn't, you might need to reevaluate how you assess NFL players.

Kelly had one eye popping season at Ole Miss. Colin Kaepernick led his team to the Super Bowl and had a number of great seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. See the difference? It's pretty clear.

Kelly isn't the first undeserving player to get a second chance in the NFL, and he won't be the last. It's just the sad reality of how NFL teams operate in 2019.