Malcolm Jenkins: NFL Won't Get It Right Until It Apologizes to Colin Kaepernick

New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins doesn't believe the NFL has gone far enough to show its full, undivided support to black players in the wake of Roger Goodell's video statement released last week. 

Appearing on CBS This Morning, Jenkins said, "I still don't think they've gotten it right" because Goodell and NFL owners haven't "apologized specifically" to Colin Kaepernick (starting at 2:05 mark):

Jenkins also said that in lieu of an apology a team could sign Kaepernick, otherwise the NFL is unlikely to end up "on the right side of history."

Goodell issued a video statement offering support for the league's black players and said the league condemns systemic racism and police brutality:

Goodell admitted "we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier" but didn't specifically mention Kaepernick by name in the video. 

Joe Lockhart, former NFL executive vice president of communications, wrote an opinion piece on CNN.com that discussed Kaepernick going unsigned in the aftermath of his decision to kneel during the national anthem in 2016 to protest systemic oppression of black people.

"No teams wanted to sign a player—even one as talented as Kaepernick—whom they saw as controversial, and, therefore, bad for business," Lockhart wrote.

Lockhart did note Goodell and other NFL executives tried to persuade owners to change their minds, but Kaepernick has remained a free agent since opting out of his contract with the San Francisco 49ers in March 2017. 

Jenkins and former NFL wide receiver Anquan Boldin are co-founders of the Players Coalition. The organization was established in 2017 to provide advocacy, education, awareness and financial resources to address social justice and racial equality at all levels of government.