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“I’m going to make a bold prediction that one of three teams picks him up,” Geragos said. “If Cam Newton is out, then the natural place to be is to play with Eric [Reid] in Carolina. I mean, can you imagine?”

Kaepernick and Reid were San Francisco 49ers teammates from 2013 to 2016. On Monday, Reid signed a three-year extension worth more than $22 million with the Panthers.

“I will tell you, besides the Panthers, it would not surprise me if [Patriots owner] Bob Kraft makes a move,” Geragos said at the end of his interview. “That would not surprise me. And it would not surprise me if his former coach . . . also makes a move.”

Geragos never named the third team. Few of Kaepernick’s former coaches make sense, though he could be referring to one of Kraft’s ex-employees: Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll, who coached the Patriots under Kraft from 1997 to 1999. Earlier in the interview, Geragos mentioned the Seahawks, saying “Seattle was probably the only place that talked to him” after Kaepernick left the 49ers in the 2017 offseason.

The Seahawks reportedly worked out Kaepernick in May 2017 and canceled an April 2018 workout over uncertainty as to whether he would stop kneeling during the national anthem.

Signing Kaepernick would make a lot of sense for the Panthers, given that the team’s offense is centered around athletic quarterback Cam Newton. Newton underwent arthroscopic shoulder surgery in January and while Carolina is hopeful he’ll be ready by the 2019 season opener, Kaepernick would provide security in case Newton falls behind schedule in his recovery.