Malcolm Jenkins calls teams 'cowards' for not signing Kaepernick

Malcolm Jenkins has seen enough.

Discussing the league's most controversial free-agent case Thursday, the Philadelphia Eagles safety put NFL teams on blast for the increasingly apparent reasoning behind the soft market for Colin Kaepernick's services.

"This is just some other teams being, quite honestly, cowards, to say that they're afraid of backlash to sign someone to make their team better when fans' input has never been in the equation when it comes to signing people in the past," Jenkins told Martin Frank of delawareonline.com. "It's certain owners' way of making an example out of (Kaepernick) to discourage anybody else from doing what he did."

Jenkins' comments come just days after the Baltimore Ravens, who admittedly have interest in the free-agent signal-caller, oddly provided some insight into their decision-making process.

Most notably, at the same media availability where owner Steve Bisciotti stated that he didn't like Kaepernick's national anthem protests and wasn't sure he'd help the team win, team president Dick Cass revealed that the Ravens are reaching out to fans and sponsors about the potential move.

A report from ESPN's Dianna Russini then indicated Wednesday that both head coach John Harbaugh and general manager Ozzie Newsome support the idea of signing Kaepernick, but that the pair was getting resistance from Bisciotti.

Newsome later released a statement denying any such idea.

Kaepernick has been unable to generate much free-agent interest despite being a bright spot for an otherwise talent-deficient 49ers offense in 2016. Starting 11 games after working his way back from offseason surgeries, the 29-year-old recorded 2,241 passing yards for 16 touchdowns and just four interceptions while adding another 468 yards and two scores on the ground.

- With h/t to Pro Football Talk