Eric Reid showed up for Colin Kaepernick’s workout in Atlanta last night, which was moved to a different location at the last minute due to yet another conflict with the NFL. Kaepernick’s team wanted transparency. Because the league wouldn’t allow the media in to film his scheduled workout at the Falcons’ practice facility, he held his own at a local high school.
Kaepernick showed he still has elite arm talent, finishing off his throwing reps with a 55-yard bomb.
After the workout was over, there was no shortage of hot takes from the media. One of the worst came from ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, who took to Twitter and claimed that Kaepernick doesn’t actually want to play because he moved the workout.
This morning, Reid responded to Smith’s take with a few tweets of his own. Here’s what he had to say.
It’s one thing to say Kaepernick isn’t good enough to play in the NFL anymore, but to say he doesn’t want it is simply not true.
Eight teams wound up attending Kaepernick’s event, down from the 25 that were originally supposed to show to the original league-sanctioned workout.
The Panthers were not one of the teams who planned to attend. Owner David Tepper told Reid earlier this week that the team isn’t looking to add a veteran quarterback at this time. However, if that changes he said the team will consider Kaepernick. Reid said he told Tepper he’ll hold him to that.
