Trump says Brees ‘should not have taken back’ commentsQuarterback has implied players who kneel are unpatrioticGoodell:
NFL was ‘wrong’ to not listen to player on protestsIt took Drew Brees three attempts over multiple days, but the New Orleans Saints quarterback finally apologized for comments implying that NFL players who kneel during the national anthem are unpatriotic, a common mischaracterization of the protest against
police violence launched by Colin Kaepernick in 2016.
Related: Drew Brees's tone-deaf comments on
protests are both ignorant and dangerous