Houston Texans open receiver Kenny Stills said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s remorse for the league’s remedy to Colin Kaepernick in 2016 would possibly have been too little, too late.
In an interview published Sunday, Goodell told former NFL supporter Emmanuel Acho that he was looking for the NFL to “hear before” why Kaepernick was on his knees with the national anthem and what his considerations were.
Stills called Goodell’s comment a “beautiful gesture,” but said the commissioner and the league deserve to focus on movements than words.
“He can say whatever he wants now, but in a sense, if we had taken a more difficult stance and listened to each other at first, there would be so many lives that could have been saved,” Stills said Monday in a video. call with the reporters.
“I hope we can do a greater task to move forward by listening to our players, our disorders and doing something,” he said.
Stills spoke to the media for the first time since he is one of 87 other people arrested and charged with a crime last month to meet in Louisville, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s home calling for justice for Breonna Taylor’s death.
Rates opposed to Stills were later withdrawn, but before he and other protesters were arrested and handcuffed for 17 hours.
The veteran catcher, who is now entering his eighth NFL season, said he was contemplating retiring, but that it could “be more of a credit to this team and that internal move, looking to be a leader” in this year’s betting.