Malcolm Jenkins: NFL should apologize to Colin Kaepernick, assign him to a team

"I still don't think they've gotten it right," Jenkins said of Goodell's statement. "Until they apologize, specifically, to Colin Kaepernick, or assign him to a team, I don't think that they will end up on the right side of history.

"At the end of the day, they've listened to their players, they've donated money, they've created an Inspire Change platform. They've tried to do things up to this point. But it's been one player in particular that they have ignored and have not acknowledged, and that's Colin Kaepernick.

"That's the only thing people want to hear. If it's not going to correct that or acknowledge that, then everything else doesn't need to be said."

Jenkins, who won Super Bowl rings with the Saints and Philadelphia Eagles and who rejoined the Saints earlier this spring, also addressed his comments to Brees and explained he's spoken with the signal-caller.

"I think we are in that moment where we need truth before we can have reconciliation, and that was an opportunity for me to share my truth, not only to Drew Brees but to everybody who’s watching," Jenkins said. 

While Kaepernick hasn't played a meaningful down since January 2017, the 32-year-old free agent reportedly is still in football shape and willing to resume his career. 

Chicago Bears defensive tackle Akiem Hicks recently told reporters he believes the league unofficially blackballed Kaepernick over the anthem protests.