ESPN host Stephen A. Smith unloaded on his critics Tuesday after severe backlash for his assertion that former San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick wants to “be a martyr” more than he wants to play in the league and that his stunt on Saturday “eradicated” his talking points.
After the NFL set up a private tryout for Kaepernick in Atlanta on Saturday that featured scouts from reportedly 25 of the league’s 32 teams, Kaepernick and his representatives suddenly decided to pull out and move the event to a high school field instead, claiming the league wanted them to sign a waiver that was somehow unacceptable and wouldn’t allow them to bring their own camera crew. After running through drills at the far less attended event at the changed venue, Kaepernick, who started off the event wearing a shirt invoking slavery, gave a defiant statement accusing the NFL of “running” from him.
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