Eric Reid is a free agent safety that has not been signed yet and he believes that it is because he protested racial injustice during the past two seasons. Reid explains that he and Kaepernick were never protesting the national anthem and the narrative was twisted around. Reid stated recently that he will remain active and he might not kneel anymore as a form of protest.
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“From the beginning, Colin has been flexible,” Reid said. “He started by sitting. He changed it up. We decided to kneel. And we understand that you got to change with the times. So I’m not saying I’m going to stop being active, because I won’t. I’m just going to consider different ways to be active, different ways to bring awareness to the issues of this country to improve on.
“I don’t think it’ll be in the form of protesting during the anthem. And I said ‘during’ because it’s crazy to me that the narrative got changed to we were protesting the anthem, because that wasn’t the case. But I think we’re going to take a different approach to how to be active.”
Reid also said he has no regrets about his previous protests and is ok with the consequences of his actions.
“I stand by what I’ve done,” Reid said. “I know why I’ve done it. My faith in God is the reason. I can go to sleep at night confident I did what I was called to do. I’m just gong to stay positive and keep trying to stay in shape and wait and see what happens.
“I said at the end of last season I’m OK no matter what happens.”