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Eric Reid Tweets About Past Protests, Signing with New NFL Team

Safety Eric Reid expressed displeasure Thursday with the way his free agency has been portrayed after he protested social injustice and racial inequality during the national anthem the past two seasons.

"The notion that I can be a great signing for your team for cheap, not because of my skill set but because I’ve protested systemic oppression, is ludicrous," Reid wrote on Twitter. "If you think [it] is, then your mindset is part of the problem too."

Reid then responded to a Twitter user and said it's owners, not general managers, who have prevented him from finding a new home:

Eric Reid

GMs aren’t the hold up broski.