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The usual excuses were trotted out when Colin Kaepernick’s fellow protestor found himself out of a job. And none of them turned out to be true
Why Eric Reid wasn’t playing football at the start of 2018 was as obvious to his detractors as anyone. But with each passing week, with each snap, with each dynamic swoop to close on a quarterback or break up a pass, that eight-month stretch out of the NFL takes on a darker, more sinister tone.
To recap, Reid knelt alongside his friend Colin Kaepernick in 2016 when they played together at the San Francisco 49ers. And, just like Kaepernick, he soon found himself without a job despite being a solid pro and in the prime years of his career. Detractors hit Reid with the same nonsense that they used to justify Kaepernick’s exile. A rebuke of his political beliefs dressed up as football commentary: he couldn’t find a team because he wasn’t very good; players of his type, at his position, were dying out; he would be a distraction. Continue reading...