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Former 49ers RB Carlos Hyde knows how NFL can show it cares about racial issues: Sign Colin Kaepernick

Roger Goodell’s video on Friday, supporting Black Lives Matter and admitting players’ voices shouldn’t have been silenced in 2016, was stunning. It also lacked any mention of Colin Kaepernick.

The topic is still sensitive, four years after Kaepernick last appeared in the NFL. It’s still very sensitive to players.

Seattle Seahawks running back Carlos Hyde, Kaepernick’s teammate with the San Francisco 49ers, was the latest to put forth a way for the NFL to show it is serious about racial issues: Give Kaepernick a job.

Carlos Hyde: NFL should sign Kaepernick

It’s not like players haven’t noted the 180 the NFL has done on the topic of racial injustice.