A couple days after Donald Trump called for NFL owners to fire national anthem protests, several NFL players have responded by kneeling before their games on Sunday.
During today’s Patriots-Texans game, more than a dozen Patriots players knelt during the anthem.
BREAKING: More than a dozen Patriots players kneel during the national anthem. #WBZ pic.twitter.com/FLoBhpSTUX
— Liam Martin (@LiamFromBoston) September 24, 2017
This did not go well with the Gillette crowd who booed the players and chanted “Stand up”.
Surreal scene at @GilletteStadium. Some @Patriots appeared to be kneeling, sitting for anthem. Boos and chants of “Stand up!” #Patriots pic.twitter.com/422EKk0eRd
— Gethin Coolbaugh (@GethinCoolbaugh) September 24, 2017
Patriots players kneel during national anthem, booed by Gillette Stadium crowd pic.twitter.com/5mxrS1mXqV
— Nick O'Malley (@nickjomalley) September 24, 2017
Pretty crazy that a Patriots crowd would boo their own team but here we are.