Kenny Stills, Eric Reid criticize NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's statement on George Floyd's death

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Kenny Stills, Eric Reid criticize NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's statement on George Floyd's death
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For free agent safety Eric Reid and Houston Texans wide receiver Kenny Stills, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's words rang hollow.

and the subsequent protests around the country. He said the league was"greatly saddened by the tragic events" and offered condolences to Floyd's family, while pledging future action on behalf of the league.

"As current events dramatically underscore, there remains much more to do as a country and as a league," Goodell said in the statement. But for free agent safety Eric Reid and Houston Texans wide receiver Kenny Stills, those words rang hollow.Reid and Stills are among the handful of NFL players who continued to kneel during the national anthem last season, a demonstration first made by quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2016 as a means of protesting racial inequality and police brutality in the United States. Kaepernick became a free agent in 2017 and has not been signed since.

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