Colin Kaepernick is not on an NFL roster, and despite Jon Gruden saying in March that he believed Kaepernick would be picked up "soon," that now seems very unlikely. Kaep's former San Francisco 49ers teammate and partner in national-anthem protesting, Eric Reid, is also out of the league at the moment.
You have to think other players will give a lot of thought to whether they want to kneel during the national anthem this year—they may believe it's the right thing to do, to use their platform to stand up for a social cause in which they believe, but may also be afraid of losing their livelihood. It's an understandable dilemma. That's why Randy Moss recently critiqued the NFL for making its players "scared" to "really voice their opinions."
Here's what Moss told Jason Reid of The Undefeated:
Moss recently sported a tie to his Hall of Fame enshrinement that listed the names of 12 black men and women who had been killed by police.
In the interview, Moss also spoke on police brutality.
Read the full piece from The Undefeated here.
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