Brandon Marshall of the Denver Broncos became the latest NFL player to take a knee in protest during the singing of the national anthem before a game when he did it before Thursday night’s nationally televised game between the Broncos and Carolina Panthers in Denver.
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Marshall had previously expressed support for Kaepernick during an interview with the Colorado Springs Gazette.
And I think the Yorks and Kaepernick have a far better understanding of each other-the Kaepernick camp strongly believes many of last year’s denigrating leaks came from Jed or those very close to him, but that also probably was caused by the lack of any relationship between owner and QB.
Other athletes have been following Kaepernick’s footsteps when it comes to sitting for the anthem, the most recent being United States women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe. “I definitely see what he’s saying”. “I think there needs to be more guys like him”, Watkins said. I’m not mad at him for that.
“Kaep, he’s using his platform how he wants to use it, to reach the masses. In respecting such American principles as freedom of religion and freedom of expression, we recognize the right of an individual to choose and participate, or not, in our celebration of the national anthem”. But then we use our platform, and we get bashed for it.
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“We have to choose respectful ways of doing that so that we can achieve the outcomes we ultimately want and do it with the values and ideals that make our country great”, said Goodell, whose late father, Charles, was a USA senator. And once we go against the grain, it’s an issue. I’m against social injustice and I feel like this is the right thing to do. It’s more popular than Philadelphia Eagles rookie quarterback Carson Wentz, who is due to make his National Football League debut this Sunday versus the Cleveland Browns, and Ezekiel Elliott, the Dallas Cowboys’ first-year running back who’s already being touted as a possible Rookie of the Year.
