INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana -- Browns linebacker James Burgess tweeted prior to Sunday's game that he was a supporter of Donald Trump, but Friday night's comments by the president let him down.
"I was a Trump supporter. It wasn't a hate tweet," Burgess said following Sunday's game. "I don't hate the dude. I was just let down by those words. Those words made me feel uncomfortable when he said it."
Burgess was one of at least 20 Browns players who knelt during the playing of the national anthem prior to the game.
Those words, of course, came at a rally when Trump said, "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a bitch off the field right now.