Matthew Judon has criticized the timing of Roger Goodell's recent support for the "Black Lives Matter" movement, saying his comments were long overdue.

"It's not when Roger Goodell said black lives matter that now everybody can say it," the Baltimore Ravens linebacker said. "I think we should have been questioning why Roger Goodell didn't say black lives matter when he was born, or when he became commissioner or when he was re-elected commissioner. ... It's not cool that Roger Goodell said it. He should've been saying it."

On June 5, Goodell said in a video that the NFL erred in how it dealt with player protests of police brutality and systematic racism over the past few years.

"I'm with all the protests that we have to do and all the progress that we have to make," Judon said. "I'm with of that, but it's not because Roger Goodell said, 'black lives matter.'"

Judon added, "We're all here for a common goal, and it's usually to win football games. But right now, it's bigger than football."