After safety Justin Simmons spoke at a protest in Florida earlier this week, Broncos coach Vic Fangio praised the defensive back during a Zoom conference call with media members on Tuesday.
“I thought it was great,” Fangio said. “Justin is a great person, a great leader and has his head screwed on correctly. He sees the problems and how they need to be solved, he’s doing it peacefully and he’s searching for solutions.
“It’s easy for everybody to identify the problems — we all know the problems — but we need to search for solutions. I think that Justin is one of those guys that will help us find solutions and lead us out of this mess that we’re in.”
Denver safety Kareem Jackson echoed Fangio’s words.
“I think that was great for ‘J’ to do that, to go out and protest in a peaceful way,” Jackson said. “It’s just a testament to the type of guy he is. He’s very involved in the Denver community, so I wouldn’t expect that from anyone but ‘J.’
“For him to go out and do that . . . obviously, it’s a sad time right now and what we’re going through but at the end of the day, I think those things have to be done. We have to go out and do the things we can do to be heard and try to do it in a peaceful way.”
Jackson is considering organizing a march with teammates to protest police brutality and social injustices.
