re: Why didn’t Eric Reid have a better nfl career?

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While he had a few good years, it didn’t last long. Why did he flame out? Was it all just because of getting political and caring more about being a sjw than playing football or was there injuries? Hard to believe he didn’t play a decade in the league.

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Simply put, it was a combination of a number of things including what you listed.

Iirc, He played for four different head coaches in his first five seasons in the league with the 49ers who drafted him. He had a collusion lawsuit against the NFL which likely led to even more teams not wanting to deal with him than the protest stuff. He played a couple years with the Panthers, even signing a contract extension, but was released a year later in a business decision. He then turned down a few offers to return….probably could have extended his career another few years but didn’t seem to want to.

I’ll also say this RE his brother, Justin seemed to be more of a late bloomer and also didn’t have the miles on him coming into the NFL.