"Clean" hit on a player, but clearly malicious

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@doorhinge

An alternate reality? You mean one where the offensive line steps aside and lets the defense have their way with an asshole like Kaepernick? Is there any evidence of that happening? Something besides an announcer’s/color commentator’s/spokemodel’s opinion of what they think they might have, maybe, seen happened?

Have the officials joined this alternate reality? Do they turn off the replay cameras?

I have to disagree with your characterization of Kaepernick. It takes bravery to suffer for acting one’s conscience and I think none of us want to live in a nation in which one is forced to engage in patriotic symbolism.