PHILADELPHIA — Malcolm Jenkins hasn’t spoken to Colin Kaepernick in “over a year,” but the Eagles safety is adamant the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback deserves to be an NFL starter again.
Jenkins was one of the first NFL players to join Kaepernick three years ago in protesting police brutality and racial oppression during the playing of the national anthem. Since that pivotal moment, Kaepernick became the symbol for an entire social-justice movement and, in the process, found himself ostensibly blackballed by the NFL.
The 32-year-old hasn’t played in a game since the 2016 season.