MALCOLM JENKINS knew it wasn’t going to be all praise and congratulations, when he decided to become one of the NFL’s more prominent voices in the national anthem protest movement started by 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
“There’s been some negativity,” Jenkins said Friday, though so far he has not endured the death threats Kaepernick is alleged to have received, or the loss of commercial endorsements suffered by Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall.
Eagles safety Jenkins, 28, plans to continue his protest Sunday when his team faces the visiting Steelers. Regardless of heated, visceral reaction from some fans, he said he feels the issue of racial inequality is too important for him to be silent.