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    Before Sunday's match-up between the Carolina Panthers and the Philadelphia Eagles, Eagles safety Eric Reid and Panthers safety Malcolm Jenkins got into a heated exchange spurred by the national anthem protests that ultimately required teammates and referees to separate the two. Protest founder and now ex-NFLer Colin Kaepernick tweeted his approval of Reid's actions.

    Reid, who was on the 49ers when Kaepernick started the protests and still refuses to stand for the anthem, has long held a grudge against Jenkins for his role in redirecting some of the protest energy into more direct action via a deal with the Players Coalition, which Jenkins co-founded. Jenkins, who endorses the cause behind the protests, agreed to stop the on-field protests if the league would invest about $100 million into social justice causes. For that, Reid has labeled Jenkins a "sellout."

    As the two teams went out on the field before the game Sunday, Reid and Jenkins began to jaw, a moment caught on camera. Things got tense enough that Reid's teammates had to restrain him:

    Dov Kleiman    @NFL_DovKleiman

    #Eagles Malcolm Jenkins and #Panthers Eric Reid had confrontation after the coin toss before the game started.

    Reid had major concerns with Malcolm Jenkins' Players Coalition that raised nearly $100 million to causes considered important to African-American communities.

    1:22 PM - Oct 21, 2018

    Kaepernick quickly chimed in to express his support for the apparent instigator of the scuffle, tweeting, "Eric Reid!!! Enough said!!! #ImwithReid."

    Colin Kaepernick    @Kaepernick7

    Eric Reid!!! Enough said!!! @E_Reid35 #ImWithReid

    4:12 PM - Oct 21, 2018

    After the game, Reid made clear to reporters why he has so much animosity for a fellow NFL player who actually agrees with the larger cause: Jenkins, he said, is a "sellout" and "neocolonialist" because he "co-opted" the movement by working with the league to raise money for social justice rather than continuing to protest on the field.