The NFL used footage of both Eric Reid and Colin Kaepernick kneeling from the 2016 season during a video it played before games Sunday that included a rendition of the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" and various shots of NFL players protesting and either standing or kneeling together.
But both Reid and Kaepernick found the symbolism hollow and disingenuous.
Reid called out the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday for keeping Kaepernick out of the league since 2016:
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