San Francisco 49ers' Eric Reid told Slate Thursday he was told the NFL will allow funds from charitable campaigns to be shifted to fund a new social justice cause program announced this week. Time_Sports
And so the Bengals won’t be signing the free-agent safety Eric Reid, a guy Pro Football Focus says was a better football player last season than either of Cincinnati’s two starters at that position, George Iloka and Shawn Williams.
Reid was in town for a kick-the-tires sitdown. The team wasn’t happy with the play of its safeties last year, but the Bengals didn’t bring Reid in for the express purpose of signing him.