The impact of last week's demonstration by Detroit Lions continues to reverberate through the organization. On Sunday, when first-year special teams coordinator Brayden Coombs stepped to the podium for a video call with media, he showed solidarity with his players by wearing a face mask with the phrase "I can't breathe" written across the front.
That phrase, tied to the Black Lives Matter movement, became infamous after it was the last words uttered by Eric Garner, an unarmed Black man, who died while being placed in a chokehold by a New York City police officer.
George Floyd also said "I can't breathe" while Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for several minutes during an arrest in May.