Carlos Hyde believes that an NFL team signing Colin Kaepernick would show that the league is serious about doing its part to improve issues of racial inequality.
Kaepernick and Hyde were teammates with the San Francisco 49ers in 2016, when the quarterback began protesting racial injustice and police brutality against black people by not standing during the national anthem.
\"I think the NFL can start by signing Kap back,\" Hyde said. \"I think if they sign Kap back, that\'ll show that they\'re really trying to move in a different direction. Because Kap was making a statement four years ago about what\'s going on in today\'s world and the NFL didn\'t bother to listen to him then, so I think they should start by doing that. After that, I\'m not really sure what the NFL can do.\"
Roger Goodell said in a video statement last week that the NFL condemns \"racism and the systematic oppression of black people\" while also admitting that the league was \"wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier\" on such matters.