Ed Rendell: Replace Sam Bradford with Colin Kaepernick

COLIN KAEPERNICK is trending on several fronts.

Even the Guv is weighing in.

Ed Rendell, the football-crazy politico who writes a column for the Daily News' weekend edition, told Rich Zeoli on Talk Radio 1210 that the Eagles should consider trading for Kaepernick.

"One thing is clear, Sam Bradford is not, in my judgment, the quarterback of the future for the Eagles," Rendell said. "What I would like to see us get at the end of the year, I'm told that San Francisco is going to be looking to trade Kaepernick, and I think, in Chip Kelly's system, Kaepernick could be the perfect quarterback because he can run."

The 49ers' quarterback reportedly has been labeled a loner for constantly wearing his headphones in the locker room.

Sources told TMZ that his teammates think he is self-absorbed and unapproachable and lacks leadership skills.

And, according to another report - this one by CSN Bay Area - Kaepernick was at the center of a rift between tight end Vernon Davis and offensive tackle Joe Staley after a Week 4 loss to the Packers.

The report, citing sources, said the two got into a confrontation - possibly physical - after a team meeting. Staley reportedly stuck up for Kaepernick after Davis called the quarterback out.

On Thursday, Davis denied the incident happened.

"No, I didn't call Kap out," Davis told the San Joe Mercury News. "I don't know where you got that from. I didn't call Kap out at all."

Sounds like locker-room politics to us.

Which brings us back to Rendell and his not-so-crazy idea.

Think about it.

If Kaepernick can play better than Bradford, he'd be more than welcome in the Eagles locker room.

Hell, they might even let him wear his headphones during the game.