Malcolm Jenkins to Drew Brees: ‘Sometimes you should shut the [expletive] up’ - PennLive

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Drew Brees drew the ire of some prominent figures in the sports world Wednesday with his comments characterizing demonstrations during the national anthem as “disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country,” but Malcolm Jenkins offered the strongest rebuke yet of the New Orleans Saints quarterback early in the evening.

“We're done asking, Drew,” Jenkins said in a since-deleted Instagram video, as transcribed by NBC Sports Philadelphia. “People who share your sentiments, who express those and push them throughout the world, the airwaves, are the problem. And it's unfortunate, because I considered you a friend, I looked up to you as somebody I had a great deal of respect for, but sometimes you should shut the f--- up.”

Earlier Wednesday, Brees conducted an interview with Yahoo Finance where he said he considered demonstrations during the national anthem, which included Colin Kaepnerick and others kneeling and Jenkins and others raising fists, that protest police brutality and racial injustice to be disrespectful to the country and the military.

Kaepernick, Jenkins and others have been explicit about how their demonstrations have nothing to do with the military, and Kaepernick altered his protest method from sitting to kneeling during the anthem after a discussion with former Green Beret Nate Boyer. In 2017, President Donald Trump said he would fire players who demonstrated during the anthem.

Brees’ comments came in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd in police custody. Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died after an officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.

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The officer, Derek Chauvin, has since been fired and charged with second-degree murder, while protests erupted in town across the United States and in several other countries, including Philadelphia.

The manner of Kaepernick’s demonstration — taking a knee — has been juxtaposed with Floyd’s death as a stark example of exactly what Kaepernick was protesting.

A number of NFL players — plus NBA superstar LeBron James — responded swiftly and forcefully to Brees’ remarks. Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas, Brees’ top receiver last season, was among the group.

Jenkins posted a video where he is visibly emotional, and he closed it with the aforementioned quote. Jenkins then deleted that video but reposted another. In a follow-up tweet, he wrote he knew the first video would be “more about the headlines.”

The caption for both videos read:

I’m tired....

As I was trying to muster up the energy and find the words to address Drew Brees’s comments I recorded this video. Before I could post it, Drew reached out to me to discuss his point of view.

All in all, I’m still posting this video because it’s important for anyone who wants to consider themself an ally to know how these words and actions affect those who you want to help. Drew’s words during his interview were extremely painful to hear and I hope he rectifies them with real action.

Jenkins and Brees were teammates with the Saints for five seasons at the beginning of his career. In March, Jenkins signed with the Saints following six seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles when the team let him become a free agent instead of renegotiating his contract.

“I’m disappointed,” Jenkins said in the second video. “I’m hurt because while the world tells you that you’re not worthy, that your life doesn’t matter … the last place you want to hear it from are the guys that you go to war with and that you consider to be allies and to be your friends. Even though we’re teammates, I can’t let this slide.”

Despite signing with the Saints, Jenkins still lives in Philadelphia, and he marched in protests against police brutality and racial injustice over the weekend and penned an op-ed in The Philadelphia Inquirer about his decision to march. Shortly after Floyd’s death, he posted another lengthy video to Instagram with the caption, “Who is supposed to protect us from the police?”

Eagles safety Rodney McLeod reposted a clip from Jenkins’ Twitter video and praised his former teammate:

As of 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Brees had not made any additional comment on his remarks.

Here’s the full transcript of Jenkins’ second video (NBC Sports Philadelphia has the transcript of the first video here):

Yeah, I promise you this — the onslaught of s--- that we have to deal with is f------ crazy right now.

Drew Brees, if you don’t understand how hurtful, how insensitive your comments are, you are part of the problem. To think that because you grandfathers served in this country and you have a great respect for the flag, that everybody else should have the same ideals and thoughts that you do is ridiculous. And it shows that you don’t know history. Because when our grandfathers fought for this country and served and they came back — they didn’t come back to a hero’s welcome. They came back and got attacked ... for wearing their uniforms. They came back to people, to racism, to complete violence, and then here we are in 2020 with the whole country on fire, everybody witnessing a black man dying at the — being murdered at the hands of the police, just in cold blood for everybody to see. The whole country’s on fire and the first thing that you do is criticize one’s peaceful protest?

That was years ago when we were trying to signal a sign for help and signal for our allies and our white brothers and sisters, the people that we consider to be friends to get involved. It was ignored, and here we are now with our world on fire and you still continue to first criticize how we peacefully protest because it doesn’t fit in what you do and our beliefs without ever acknowledging the fact that a man was murdered at the hands of police in front of us all and that has been continuing for centuries, that the same brothers that you break the huddle down with before every single game, the same guys that you bleed with and go into battle with every single day go home to communities that have been decimated …

Drew, unfortunately … unfortunately, you’re somebody who doesn’t understand their privilege. You don’t understand the potential that you have to actually be an advocate for the people that you call brothers. You don’t understand the history and why people like me, people of my skin color whose grandfathers fought for this country and who served, and I still protested against that — not against the national anthem, but against what was happening in America and what the fabric of this country is for, or stands for.

If you don’t understand that other people experience something totally different than you … then when you talk about being the brotherhood and all this other bulls---, it’s just lip service or it’s only on the field. Because when we step off this field and I take my helmet off, I’m a black man walking around America and I’m telling you I’m dealing with these things, I’m telling you my communities are dealing with these things and your response to me is don’t talk about that here, this is not the place. Drew, where is the place, Drew? I’m disappointed, I’m hurt because while the world tells you that you’re not worthy, that your life doesn’t matter … the last place you want to hear it from are the guys that you go to war with and that you consider to be allies and to be your friends. Even though we’re teammates, I can’t let this slide.

More coverage of how the Eagles have reacted to George Floyd’s death and the subsequent civil unrest:

Daniel Gallen covers the Philadelphia Eagles for PennLive. He can be reached at dgallen@pennlive.com. You can follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Follow PennLive’s Philadelphia Eagles coverage on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

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