Malcolm Jenkins of the Philadelphia Eagles has been a big supporter of Colin Kaepernick and while standing up for himself and Kaepernick on Wednesday, he also took a big shot at the Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback situation. Eric Reid called out Jenkins after Sunday's game saying Jenkins sold out while Reid was still looking for a job and Jenkins took it upon himself to defend himself.
“While our main focus is always on the communities and those systemic oppressions and how we can leverage relationships, our access and resources to help people in everyday communities there's still a responsibility to speak out on behalf of Colin Kaepernick, who started this movement and who still doesn't have a job,” Jenkins said via NFL.com. “And I wholeheartedly believe he's being blackballed. To speak out in support of behalf of Eric Reid who put his job on the line to fight for those who didn't have a voice.
“And that's what we've tried to do throughout this whole thing. We've always maintained, I know I've always maintained, and every chance I get to say Colin Kaepernick has started this. Eric Reid deserves a job. Colin Kaepernick deserves a job. I can turn on the tape this week in our opponent and see that Colin Kaepernick deserves a job.”
With the way Blake Bortles has performed the last few weeks he deserves the shots that he is receiving from people and maybe Malcolm Jenkins does have a good point. Bortles has had trouble with turning the ball over and it led to Bortles being benched in the last game against the Houston Texans.
Bortles will get the start on Sunday against the Eagles, which means he and Jenkins will be able to go head to head and settle it on the field.
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