Kaepernick’s teammate Eric Reid and soccer star Megan Rapinoe have also taken a knee during the anthem.
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Marshall said after the game that he is not against the military or America. “He’s told me he’s had that same feeling with a number of guys”.
Marshall took a knee during the National Anthem before the NFL’s season opener – joining Colin Kaepernick in a protest that has garnered national attention.
Bowman said Friday he will continue to stand for the national anthem and that there hasn’t been a discussion of planning something for the entire team to do. “I guess we’ll just have to wait and see”.
Reid said “a lot” of players have reached out to offer support over the past week, but that many of them aren’t sure how they want to go about showing that support. “When we have an opinion and we speak it, I feel like a lot of people bash us for what we have to say”.
The decision to kneel was the result of collaboration with former Green Beret and Seahawks long snapper Nate Boyer after Kaepernick received public criticism.
“Any time you do something, a protest, you know there’s going to be backlash”, Reid said. “It’s business. I studied business in college, and people don’t want to be associated with bad press. and that’s understandable”. They’re set in their ways.
Few people would believe you if you predicted that fullback Andy Janovich would score the Broncos’ first touchdown of the 2016 season.
San Francisco coach Chip Kelly has maintained Kaepernick’s protest has not been a distraction to his team. Marshall plans to donate to veterans’ causes, he said. “There’s been a lot of positive things that have come out of it”.
The 49ers recently pledged $1 million to organizations fighting racial injustice and police brutality. Team CEO Jed York Thursday announced the 49ers Foundation will match Kaepernick’s donation to local charities in the Bay Area. “Brandon has a right to his beliefs and I’m going to focus on the football”. You know you can’t satisfy anybody. Since his comments, a handful of other National Football League players made a decision to show their support for the cause during the end of the preseason but Thursday night saw the first regular season protest of the 2016 season. That’s huge. It gives substance to what we’re doing – our owners believe in what we’re doing.
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NOTES: CB Chris Davis (hamstring) did not participate in practice Friday. CB Keith Reaser (ankle) returned to practice and was limited after missing practice Thursday.
